10 posts and columns on Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Dot-Anything Domain Dash Debugged

in News on May 22 at 2:41 pm PT

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting proposals for new top-level domains today, reopening the application system through which they are submitted after nearly six weeks of software-glitch-inspired downtime. ICANN said it will keep the system open through May 30, plenty of time for the 839 companies paying $185,000 a pop to submit vanity domains for the organization’s review to toss a few more into the mix.

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ICANN Reboots Top-Level Domain Application Process

in News on May 9 at 12:34 pm PT

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will resume accepting proposals for new top-level domains on May 22, bringing its application system back online after a software glitch forced it to curtail the process. The agency, which claims the large majority of applicants were unaffected by the glitch, plans to keep the system open for five business days, closing it on May 30.

Can You Imagine More Than 1,200 New Top-Level Domains? ICANN.

in News on April 30 at 3:09 pm PT

When ICANN finally begins its domain-name expansion program in earnest, how many new top-level domains can we expect see cluttering up the Web? More than 1,200 would be a good bet.
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ICANN Delays Dot-Anything Domain Deadline

in News on April 13 at 4:08 am PT

Companies looking for vanity domains can hold onto their $185,000 a wee bit longer.
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Grab Your Cash and Warm Up the Wagon — ICANN Domain Rush Kicks Off Tomorrow

in News on January 11 at 1:23 pm PT

Get ready for a world of domain name clutter.
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The Total.Chaos Domain Has Already Been Registered? How About Shameless.Money.Grab?

in News on June 20, 2011 at 9:23 am PT

Think Internet domain namespace is an unnavigable mess now? Just wait.
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Mac Attack

in News on March 3, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

Twomey: ICANNot Stay

in News on March 2, 2009 at 3:01 pm PT

In late 2009, ICANN will begin accepting applications for an indefinite number of new generic top-level domain names, ushering in what critics say will be a disastrous era of consumer confusion, domain name abuse and trademark infringement. So really, can you blame ICANN president and CEO Paul Twomey for stepping down at the end of the year?