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This week in pictures: Microsoft's CES swan song

Posted January 13, 2012 - 4:39 pm

Also: Apple gets egged, ICANN defends new gTLD plan, SOPA-type Web blocks start in Finland, and Intel fakes IvyBridge demo.
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New era for Web site names begins

Posted January 11, 2012 - 1:37 pm

Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.
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Need money? Sell your IP address. Microsoft just spent $7.5 million buying some.

Posted November 16, 2011 - 1:15 pm

IP addresses are running out, and scarcity means one thing: prices go up. How far up? Pretty far, since Microsoft just shelled out $7.5 million to buy a block of 666,624 IPv4 addresses.
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XXX domain registration begins: Should you buy one?

Posted September 7, 2011 - 4:36 pm

ICANN has begun accepting registrations on a limited basis for XXX domains. If you are in the adult entertainment business, or your site is related to adult endeavors, then buying a XXX domain is a no-brainer, but even businesses that offer more "traditional" goods and services may want to consider getting in line for a XXX domain.
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ICANN chief Beckstrom to step down

Posted August 16, 2011 - 7:31 pm

The head of the organization chartered with managing some of the Internet's complex routing systems is stepping down.
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ICANN't believe it: New Internet rules will be a mess

Posted June 21, 2011 - 8:24 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, the Web as we know it is about to be flipped upside down. And not in a good way.
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ICANN approves change to Internet domain name system

Posted June 20, 2011 - 1:19 am

The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved an increase in the number of Internet domain name endings, known as generic top-level domains (gTLDs), from the current 22.
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IPv4 finale 'one of the most important days of the Internet'

Posted February 3, 2011 - 2:13 pm

Internet policymakers officially handed out the last five blocks of IPv4 address space to each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) at a ceremony held in Miami Thursday morning.
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Gov't crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS

Posted December 7, 2010 - 12:57 pm

Within days of the ICE/DHS seizures, at least three separate initiatives to work around the DNS had been announced. Here's a look at some of these proposals — two to route around and one to supplant the DNS — and the obstacles they face.
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The Upside of Unbinding ICANN From U.S. Oversight

Posted October 1, 2009 - 12:43 pm

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have come to an agreement which releases oversight of Internet domains from United States control and turns ICANN into a global private-sector led organization.
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Chinese registrars need rap on knuckles, expert says

Posted June 29, 2009 - 12:56 pm

ICANN and the Chinese government could pressure Xin Net and eName to clean up their registrations
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Registrars under fire in domain disputes

Posted June 25, 2009 - 4:16 pm

Are domain registrars making money from cybersquatters at the expense of legitimate brands? If so, why isn't ICANN stopping it?
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Cheerleader for new domain names defends ICANN plan

Posted June 8, 2009 - 3:36 pm

Plans to introduce new top-level Internet domains will not force trademark owners to make defensive registrations to protect their brands, according to two reports published by ICANN.
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EU urges US to share control of ICANN with other countries

Posted May 4, 2009 - 1:08 pm

Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for Internet-related issues, called Monday for a new multilateral approach to Internet governance once the current system expires at the end of September.
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ICANN president to step down

Posted March 2, 2009 - 1:23 pm

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) since March 2003, will step down at the end of the year, the organization announced Monday.
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ICANN responds to gTLD plan comments

Posted February 19, 2009 - 2:55 pm

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has delayed its plans to sell new generic top-level domains in an effort to respond to public comments about the controversial proposal.
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ICANN ponders ways to stop scammy Web sites

Posted January 27, 2009 - 9:28 am

ICANN is soliciting ideas for how to fix a problem that is enabling spam and fraudulent Web sites to flourish.
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Critics to ICANN: Top-level domain sale dangerous, costly

Posted December 15, 2008 - 1:03 pm

A controversial proposal to create hundreds of new generic top-level domains is generating harsh criticism as corporations and individuals question the need for additional competition in the domain name marketplace and
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ICANN drops bad domain registrar, but on technicality

Posted November 13, 2008 - 10:27 am

An Estonian company that registers domain names will have its accreditation revoked in about two weeks, the Internet's addressing authority said Wednesday.
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ICANN meeting to focus on new top-level domains

Posted November 4, 2008 - 1:04 pm

Rolling out new generic top-level domains and adding non-English characters to the Internet are key agenda items at this week's ICANN meeting.
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ICANN delays shutting down spammy Estonian registrar

Posted October 30, 2008 - 8:35 am

ICANN will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review.
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ICANN proposes new way to buy top-level domains

Posted October 28, 2008 - 7:28 pm

ICANN is seeking comments on a proposal that would open up the market for generic top-level domains (TLDs) on the Internet, basically allowing anyone with US$185,000 to buy a new TLD.
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ICANN hears concerns about accountability, control

Posted October 1, 2008 - 7:23 pm

ICANN needs to take steps to ensure it cannot be taken over by governments and other outside entities, and it needs to create more ways to be held accountable to Internet users, constituents of the nonprofit organization said Wednesday.
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New top-level domains expected in 2009

Posted June 26, 2008 - 8:31 pm

New Internet top-level domains available to far more applicants may be approved by the third quarter of next year and cost as little as US$100,000 to register, ICANN executives said Thursday after the ending of a landmark meeting of the Internet governance group.
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ICANN: Board opens way for new top-level domains

Posted June 26, 2008 - 2:01 pm

ICANN will press ahead with plans to introduce new top-level domains, including some so-called Internationalized Domain Names written in Chinese and Arabic scripts, its board decided unanimously Thursday.
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