Features

• 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: domain names, icann

• .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

  Tags: icann