One- and Two-Character .TRAVEL domain names will be released in the near future following ICANN’s approval of the proposal to release all of the domain names. … more

Nokia appears to be interested in applying for the .NOKIA top level domain according to a Domain Incite report. … more

Responding to a Domain Name Wire article on whether there is “policy overload” at ICANN and whether they are “handling too many policy efforts at once”, David Olive responds on the ICANN Blog saying the answer with a definitive “no”. … more

ISOC-IL, the registry for .IL (Israel), has announced they will soon be making available domain names containing Hebrew characters, like איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il. … more

The Obama administration has issued a request for domain name registrars to attend a meeting at the White House in late September to look at voluntary ways to crack down on online pharmacies that sell counterfeit prescription medications. … more

New gTLDs continue to be a major topic of discussion within ICANN circles, and the regional meeting currently underway in Tokyo has revealed some interesting updates for potential applicants. … more

ICANN will be holding a third consultation on the new gTLD registry agreement issues at 18:30 UTC on 8 September. … more

The Netfleet domain name auction of a number of premium .AU domain names closes Friday afternoon Australian time at 15:00:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time. … more

The announcement that .co has already achieved over 450,000 new registrations since the opening up of the second-level a month ago demonstrates that there is strong demand in the global domain name marketplace for quality new domain spaces. … more

In a shock announcement, the Board of Directors of .ORG the Public Interest Registry announced today that Alexa Raad, the President and Chief Executive Officer of PIR, has decided to resign from her positions with the company effective on September 24th, 2010. Her resignation concludes 3.5 years of service and leadership at PIR. … more

With IPv4 addresses running out rapidly, Verizon says businesses are better off adopting IPv6 sooner rather than later. … more

EURid has taken a closer look at the distribution of .EU registrations among its registrars and has found that 65 per cent of domain name registrants chose a registrar from their own country, 18 per cent chose a registrar from a different country in the European Union, and 17 per cent chose a registrar located outside the EU according to a news release released this week. … more

ICANN has published a revised proposed registry agreement with ICM, the controversial applicant for the .XXX Sponsored Top Level Domain (.XXX sTLD) as well as documentation submitted by ICM Registry in connection with the expedited due diligence conducted at the direction of the Board are being posting today for public comment. There is a 30 day public comment period that closes on 24 August. … more

An increase of over 500,000 domain name registrations in the previous six months saw the number of .ORG domains registered soar past 8.5 million according to the latest bi-annual report from the .ORG registry, the Public Interest Registry. … more

Writing a guest column in Domain Name Wire, Philip S. Corwin, Counsel for the Internet Commerce Association, provides an update on ICA happenings to date in 2010. … more