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

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 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

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

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

The Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) for Candidates for the Post of ICANN Board Seat has been extended to September 6. … more

Over 100 proposals have been publicly announced for when ICANN begins taking applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) according to statistics compiled by Adrenaline TLD, themselves likely applicants for a number of sporting-related gTLDs such as .SKI, .BIKE and .SURF. … more

Casino.com, an online gambling site, seems to be interested in applying for its own generic Top Level Domain assuming ICANN approves gTLDs and begins accepting applications. … more

The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) announced the selection of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (Berkman) as an Independent Expert to assist its review under the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC). … more

The dotFree Group intends to apply for the .FREE generic Top Level Domain assuming ICANN approves the concept and begins accepting applications. The idea of a .FREE name is the domain name would be free, up to a point. … more

The African Union has publicly endorsed the DotAfrica project that has as its aim to build the Africa brand and encouraging increased participation on the Internet, according to a report in the Ethiopian Review. … more