February 9th, 2010 by 
David Goldstein
As of 00:01 on 7 February, a new era began for the .CO (Colombia) ccTLD began with the transition of management of the registry from Universidad de los Andes to .CO Internet SAS. … more
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February 9th, 2010 by David Goldstein
The Georgian ccTLD, .GE, has achieved 8,000 domain name registrations, a minor total compared to many, but an achievement nonetheless. … more
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February 9th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Writing on the ICANN blog, ICANN’s internationalised domain name expert Tina Dam writes to correct a number of misconceptions about IDN TLDs. … more
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February 8th, 2010 by David Goldstein
ICANN terminated its accreditation agreement with registrar DNGLOBE LLC for failure to comply with the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the contract between ICANN and registrars that governs the registration of domain names under generic top-level domains such as dot-com and dot-org. … more
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February 8th, 2010 by David Goldstein
As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), a Working Group (WG) Work Team was tasked with developing a Working Group Model. This Working Group Model should become the focal point for policy development and enhance the policy development process by making it more inclusive and representative, and – ultimately – more effective and efficient. … more
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February 4th, 2010 by David Goldstein
VeriSign have announced .COM will be celebrating its 25th birthday in March. In March 1985 the first .com domain was registered. There are now around 80 million.COM domains registered. … more
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February 4th, 2010 by David Goldstein
ICANN is pleased to announce that the following review working group final reports have been published: … more
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February 4th, 2010 by David Goldstein
ICANN reminds interested individuals that February 17th 2010, midnight UTC is the application deadline for the position of volunteers Review Team Members representing a Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee for the ‘Accountability and Transparency’ review which is called on by the Affirmation of Commitments. … more
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February 4th, 2010 by David Goldstein
[news release] The extended sale for Rick Latona Auctions is active now and you can register and bid at www.proxibid.com/ricklatona. The auction will be over next Thursday, February 4 at 1:00pm US Eastern Time (7:00 PM CET). There are some really good deals available, so if you haven’t looked, now is the time to go to www.proxibid.com/ricklatona and check out the auction. Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to invest in some good generic domain names. Now is the time to buy! … more
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February 3rd, 2010 by David Goldstein
SWITCH, the registry for .CH and .LI domain names, enabled DNSSEC on day two of the annual Domain Pulse conference in Luzern yesterday. SWITCH became the third ccTLD registry to enable DNSSEC giving registrants of .CH domain names added security following .SE (Sweden) and .CZ (Czech Republic). … more
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February 3rd, 2010 by David Goldstein
The Moniker Domain Name Auction that began at DOMAINfest continues online. High-quality domain names remain open for bidding until Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 12:15 p.m. Pacific time (3:15 p.m. Eastern time). … more
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February 2nd, 2010 by David Goldstein
The 2010 Domain Pulse, hosted by SWITCH (the .CH registry) was held in the snowy Swiss city of Luzern. Domain Name Security (DNS) was of particular importance in this year’s meeting with DNSSEC being implemented in the root zone in 2010 by ICANN, and by many registries in the next few years. … more
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February 1st, 2010 by David Goldstein
History of IPv4
It has long been anticipated, but the available pool of unallocated Internet addresses using the older IPv4 protocol – which holds a total of slightly more than four billion IP addresses - has now dipped to below the 10 percent mark, meaning that there are only a bit over 400 million IP addresses left in the global pool of unallocated addresses. … more
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January 29th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Clandestine efforts by some countries to create alternative versions of the Internet for political ends could put the Web at risk, Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s CEO, told AFP this week. … more
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January 29th, 2010 by David Goldstein
The GNSO Council is seeking comments on amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures related to the 2010 selection process for ICANN Board Seat 13. Under the ICANN Bylaws, the Contracted Party House selects the individual to fill Board Seat 13, currently held by Bruce Tonkin. Mr. Tonkin’s term ends on 30 April 2010. The GNSO Council has adopted the selection process proposed by the Contracted Party House for the upcoming 2010 election. The public comment period ends on 18 February 2010. … more
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