Domain Owners Lose Privacy
Domain Owners Lose Privacy
The U.S. government says owners of .us domains can no longer register using proxy services. Critics say the move violates the First Amendment right to anonymous free speech. By Kim Zetter.
By Kim Zetter
2:00 a.m. March 4, 2005 PDT
The U.S. Commerce Department has ordered c...more...ICANN Board Squeezes Squatters
ICANN Board Squeezes Squatters
No more country names may be registered by outsiders within the fledgling dot-info domain, ICANN board members say.
Reuters
11:55 a.m. Sep. 10, 2001 PDT
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- The Internet's top standards-setting body wrapped up its quarterly meeting here on Monday by ...more... Whois in Dot-Info? Everyone
Whois in Dot-Info? Everyone
Overseers of the new dot-info domain unveil a database showing which trademark holders have registered which Web addresses. The result: Many very basic terms are already getting claimed. By Joanna Glasner.
By Joanna Glasner
2:00 a.m. Aug. 8, 2001 PDT
When Internet regulat...more... Homeschool Gets Sex Education
Homeschool Gets Sex Education
A home schooling website fails to renew its URL and loses its domain name to a porn website. Also: The FBI is investigating San Francisco schools.... And more, in Katie Dean's education notebook.
By Katie Dean
2:00 a.m. May 21, 2001 PDT
Parents looking for information a...more... MP3.com Joins Domain Scheme
MP3.com Joins Domain Scheme
New.net's new plan to sell alternative domains gets a boost from partners MP3.com, Excite and Earthlink. The companies challenge ICANN by offering dot-mp3, dot-xxx and dot-shop Web addresses. By Andy Patrizio.
by Andy Patrizio
2:00 a.m. March 6, 2001 PDT
Startup New.net h...more... Is It Too Late for Sex.Coop?
...bs. And pre-registrars are selling them -- but not necessarily guaranteeing delivery. By Aparna Kumar.
by Aparna Kumar
2:00 a.m. Feb. 8, 2001 PDT
The domain-name gold rush didn't exactly die with the collapse of all the dot-coms.
Seven new top-level domains (TLDs) were approved three months ago, and......more... Getting to Domain Argument
Getting to Domain Argument
Exactly how and why were those new top-level domains -- you know, dot-coop, dot-museum, dot-info -- approved by ICANN last fall, and why were others that paid a non-refundable $50K fee rejected? A House subcommittee will study that question Thursday. By Declan McCullagh an...more... Verisign: Witness to the Future?
... spent $1.4 billion to purchase Signio, an electronic payment-processing company. A few months later, the company bought Network Solutions, the giant domain-name-registration firm, for $9.5 billion.
And with those bold acquisitions, Sclavos suddenly became a very important man in Silicon Valley. His......more... ICANN Gets Mixed Review
...July 7, 2000 PDT
WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators have extended a cautious blessing to the nonprofit corporation created to oversee Internet domain names and addresses.
In a report released Friday afternoon, the investigators said the Clinton administration had followed acceptable procedure......more... |