ICANN CEO sees risk of multiple internets
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,...
ICANN: Public Comment: Amendment of the GNSO Operating Procedures on the 2010 Selection Process for ICANN Board Seat 13
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...
Website.de Tops Sedo Sales For The Week
Website.de was the top selling domain name for Sedo in the week to 25 January selling for €101,150 ($142,214), far higher than the second biggest seller, which...
AFNIC invites network managers to prepare for the signing of the DNS root in May 2010
[news release] From May 2010, all the root servers on which the working of the domain name system depends, will be giving DNS responses signed by using the DNSSEC...
DNSSEC Deployment in Root Zone of DNS Begins at ICANN
The collaboration between ICANN, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and VeriSign, Inc. to deploy...
Nominet Gives Registrars Ability to Terminate .UK Domain Names
Nominet, the registry for .UK domain names, has announced they will be giving registrars the ability to cancel domain names upon allegations of criminality activity...
CENTR Video on How the DNS Works
CENTR, the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries, has produced a video to help explain the functioning of the Domain Name System (DNS).
Moniker.com Will Auction Premium Internet Real Estate at DOMAINfest Global 2010 Conference
Haiti Relief Effort to Benefit from Low and No Reserve Auction Moniker.com has released its list of premium domain names for its live and extended online auction...
Record Number of .FI Domains Registered in 2009
A record number of .FI-domain names were registered in 2009. The total of registrations was 48,009 taking the total number of registrations to 225,625 at the end...
Rick Latona Auctions extended sale of 600+ domains runs till 4 February
Rick Latona Auctions extended sale of over 600 domain names is active now and will run until 4 February.
Changes to Registration of .CO Domain Names Imminent
As of 7 February there are changes to the manager of the .CO (Colombia) registry and to the registration policies. The new company managing the .CO registry will...
Madrid Enters The Race for New Top Level Domain
The growing list of contenders for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) has seen the Spanish city of Madrid enter the race with a proposal for .MADRID.
ICANN’s Nairobi Meeting To Go Ahead Despite Security Concerns
Following a special meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors on Friday, Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s CEO, has announced via a posting on the ICANN blog that the Nairobi...
DOMAINfest Adds Second PITCHfest Session Due to Demand
Due to an unexpectedly large number of good submissions for the PITCHfest session scheduled forTuesday, January 26, at DOMAINfest Global, a second PITCHfest session...
ICANN: Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency
The ongoing GNSO Improvements process has created significant community interest in the formation of new GNSO constituencies. One of those proposals is for a new...





