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  • ICANN promises a world of domain names

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has announced its plans to fast track the development of country-coded top level domains (ccTLDs) and local language scripting at the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Hollywood looks to BitTorrent for distribution

    Hollywood is anxious to embrace BitTorrent as a method of movie distribution, according to the father of the Internet, Dr Vinton Cerf.

  • You've got mail...from Mars.

    E.T. may not be able to phone home anytime soon, but the lovable alien may be able to send email--if a draft proposal released this week for an interplanetary Internet takes flight.

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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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