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  • VeriSign calls halt to .com detours

    VeriSign, the administrator of the .com and .net domains, made plans to shut down its new Site Finder service Friday, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ordered the company to undo controversial changes.

  • Many give the slip to VeriSign's 'SiteFinder'

    As legal and political challenges to VeriSign's "SiteFinder" domain name redirector mount, Chinese and other overseas network operators have taken technical steps to bypass the controversial service.

  • Why it's time to rein in ICANN

    COMMENTARY: What happens when you get lost on the Internet?

  • VeriSign VP on Innovation and the Internet

    VeriSign's decision to launch a new Site Finder service that gives Internet users tools and options when they mistype a domain name has spurred a debate about the future of the Internet.

  • VeriSign sues ICANN to restore Site Finder

    VeriSign has filed a lawsuit claiming that the nonprofit organisation responsible for overseeing domain names and online addresses has overstepped its authority and blocked innovations that could benefit Internet users.

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  • Who should govern the Net?

    ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.

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