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How to profit from new domain name rules

A new era in Web site naming has begun, providing a golden opportunity for savvy IT professionals to go on the offensive with new domains that can capture additional Web traffic and generate new revenue.

By Dirk A.D. Smith | 24 January, 2012 01:37

Tags: LAN & WAN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, internet, icann, domain names
New era for website names begins

A new era of Web site naming begins, when Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 January, 2012 05:37

Tags: MarkMonitor, LAN & WAN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, internet, icann, FedEx, domain names, DNS
Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan

Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation's capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 20 December, 2011 10:44

Tags: top level domains, TLD, LAN & WAN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, internet, icann, gTLD, generic top level domains, domain names
Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10

In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones, hacktivists attacked a widening array of political and corporate targets, repressive regimes unplugged citizens from the Internet, and the U.S. government moved to block the giant merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. With the passing of Steve Jobs, the world lost a technology icon who redefined the computer, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. These are the IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 technology stories of the year:

By Marc Ferranti | 14 December, 2011 03:32

Tags: Windows desktops, Windows desktop, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows, t-mobile, telephony, Telecommunication, tablets, steve jobs, sony, software, social networking, smartphones, security, sap, samsung, restructuring, Regulation, processors, personnel, patent, oracle, operating systems, Music and audio, Mobile OSes, mobile, Microsoft, mergers and acquisitions, memory, Meg Whitman, Leo Apotheker, legislation, legal, iPhone, iPad, iOS, intrusion, Internet service providers, Internet-based applications and services, internet, intellectual property, icann, hewlett-packard, hardware systems, Handhelds / PDAs, government, Google, desktop pcs, data breach, cybercrime, consumer electronics, Components, Carriers, business issues, bill gates, at&t, applications, Apple, antitrust, Android tablets, Android OS, Android, 4g, 3g
Trademark owners can block misuse in .xxx domain

Trademark owners can prevent their names from being misused in the new .xxx top-level domain by blocking these names, ICM Registry, the Florida-based registry operator for the .xxx top-level domain said.

By John Ribeiro | 18 July, 2011 21:25

Tags: internet, intellectual property, legal, ICM Registry, icann

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ICANN approves domain names we can't type

This is a bad day for the English language, after ICANN approved non-Latin characters for use in Internet domain names. Having invented the Internet--40 years ago yesterday--the U.S. has given away whatever advantage it offers English-speakers.

By David Coursey | 31 October, 2009 10:46

Tags: icann, domain names
.Eu Web addresses can be written in Cyrillic, Greek letters

The .eu TLD (top-level domain name) for Web sites allows non-ASCII characters in its Web addresses, after it opened up the TLD to addresses written in Cyrillic and Greek letters, the European Commission said Friday.

By Paul Meller | 27 June, 2009 03:18

Tags: .Eu, .eu TLD, icann
Lawmakers: Keep ICANN oversight with US

Several U.S. lawmakers and an executive with the world's largest domain-name registrar called on the U.S. government to maintain oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after a major agreement between two expires in September.

By Grant Gross | 05 June, 2009 06:23

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