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  • ICANN vote to allow .xxx URLs?

    The organisation that manages the world's most important web address extensions — what goes after the dot in a URL — is to hold a vote on Thursday that could see an entire new generation of URLs made possible.

  • ICANN: IPv4 will run out by 2011

    Big businesses need to start planning now to handle changes that will take place when a new version of the Internet's fundamental routing protocol becomes ubiquitous, or risk losing online customers, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

  • ICANN joins Google in thwarting domain exploiters

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has formally announced a proposal to make domain tasting a thing of the past by changing the way it charges for domain names.

  • Internet Godfather makes way for new Don at ICANN

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has elected New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman, replacing one of the Internet's "founding fathers", Vint Cerf.

  • US government renews ICANN contract

    The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that coordinates Net addressing until 2011.

  • ICANN board approves settlement, price hikes

    In a rare show of internal discord, the group that sets domain name regulation has approved a controversial proposal extending VeriSign's lucrative .com monopoly and allowing for price increases for those domains.

  • ICANN bosses slam VoIP regulation

    Legislators must not make the mistake of subjecting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings to the same rules as telephony services, the heads of the global Internet regulator said.

  • Domain name changes on the way

    The industry body overseeing domain names has announced two measures to increase the number of domains available.

  • International group lobbies for domain buyers' privacy

    Individuals and small-business owners should be able to buy domain names without being required to divulge their mailing address, phone number and e-mail address, an international coalition planned to say in a letter Tuesday evening U.S. time.

  • 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.

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  • ICANN bosses slam VoIP regulation

    Legislators must not make the mistake of subjecting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings to the same rules as telephony services, the heads of the global Internet regulator said.

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