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AFNIC CEO elected as new CENTR Chair
Mathieu Weill, AFNIC’s CEO, has replaced Andrzej Bartosiewicz from the Polish registry NASK as CEO of CENTR as his two-year term was coming to an end.
DENIC Releases BR.DE Domain Name
DENIC have allowed the registration of the two-letter domain name BR.DE. The domain was excluded from the release of two-character domains affected in autumn 2009....
Minds + Machines Survey Shows Brands Do Not Register Defensively in New gTLDs
A survey of the domain registration behaviour of Fortune 100 companies conducted by Minds + Machines reveals that they have not registered many of their trademarks...
President Clinton to Keynote at 25 Years of .Com Policy Impact Forum
[news release] VeriSign, the operator of.com, announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the opening keynote address at its Policy Impact Forum in...
Domain Name Registration Rules For Chinese Individuals Tightened
In what is being described by Chinese government officials as a means of tackling online pornography, individual domain name registrants are now able to register...
ICM Registry Wins Review of .XXX Application, Hopes To Offer Names in 2010
ICM Registry, the applicant for .XXX generic Top Level Domain, hopes to begin offering .XXX domain names in 2010 following an independent review of its application...
Domain Name Registrations Continue to Grow, Now Top 192 Million: VeriSign
There were 192 million domain names registered around the world at the end of 2009, an increase of eleven million registrations over the previous quarter, according...
ICANN: Mitigating Malicious Conduct in New gTLD – Zone File Access and High Security Zone TLD
Zone File Access Concept Paper [PDF, 260 KB] Cost Model Information Draft Program Development Snapshot High Security Zone Top-Level Domains Advisory Group (HSTLD...
ICANN Posts July 2010 to June 2013 Strategic Plan
ICANN Strategic Plan July 2010 – June 2013 [PDF, 947 KB] After extensive consultation with the community, including a workshop in Seoul as well as a first...
Battle for Sex.com Takes a New Turn
The saga of the sex.com domain name has taken another turn. The saga was expertly described by Kieren McCarthy in his book called Sex.com. In the publicity for the...
Norway Considers New gTLDs Such as .OSLO
A working group has been formed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communicationsto consider whether there is a demand in the country for new generic Top...
ICANN’s Cost Accounting and Procurement Guidelines Posted
ICANN’s Kevin Wilson has posted on the ICANN blog a report on ICANN’s commitment to accountability and transparency that outlines the progress ICANN has made...
ICANN Nairobi Meeting Gets Board Approval
In its latest meeting on the issue, the ICANN board decided on Friday that they will proceed with plans to hold their 37th meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, after considering...
Internet Governance: Why Plato is Still Relevant
Abstract: In December 2008, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has successfully completed its third installment on issues pertaining to Internet governance. The...
ICANN Request Public Comments on Approval of One & Two-Character .INFO Domains
ICANN is today opening a public comment forum on a proposed amendment from Afilias Limited to Appendix 6 & 7 of the .INFO Registry Agreement.
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