Topic: ICANN
Over the objections of advertisers and a number of lawmakers and regulators, the organization in charge of the Internet domain system will begin the process this Thursday of accepting applications…
The Commerce Department this week waded into the growing controversy over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' plan to unleash hundreds of new top-level domains on the Internet.…
Pressure from Washington is mounting against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' plan to add hundreds of new top-level domain names like "dot bank" or "dot Coke" to…
The corporation that is set to unleash hundreds of new top-level domains on the Internet was on the congressional hot seat for the second time in a week. And for…
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers got a bit of a dressing down from members of the Senate Commerce Committee Thursday over Icann’s plan to roll out hundreds…
The advertising industry's fight to halt or at the very least slow down the new plan for adding hundreds of domain names to the Internet is gaining traction. In an…
A coalition fighting the new scheme for adding domain names to the Internet has announced the addition of a large number of companies and associations to its ranks, giving a…
Rod Beckstrom, CEO and president of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the organization that oversees the Internet address system, is planning to resign next July when…
If you have a website, chances are it ends with a dot-com. Nothing sexy about that, right? After all, there are only a few gTLDs (generic top-level domain names—the technical…
