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Stamping out domain tasting

May 12, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The sharp increase in speculation over domain names is causing a backlash. As every CIO knows, a company's domain name is a treasure, but havoc can be caused by typo-squatters--those who create and... Read more...

New .mobi domain is controversial but growing

September 27, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

There's a new domain in town: .mobi, and it's being sold by Ireland's Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd. as approved by ICANN. They already sold 88,000 domains in the first two days, officials said. There are many questions about whether the domains are or will be gobbled by cybersquaters, and whether a .mobi domain can do anything that a .com can't. But MTLD says its sites are easier to format for mobile devices. (MTLD's site is not easy to find; it's …

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Senate holding ICANN hearings soon

September 18, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Should ICANN force VeriSign to do more for .com security? Yes, according to Network Solutions. Senate hearings tomorrow will focus on the issue of top-level domains and VeriSign's relative lock on the .com domain.  Network Solutions recently issued a report detailing VeriSign's alleged security problems. The hearings are also expected to lead into the issue of whether Internet control should be so U.S.-centric instead of relying on an international UN-sponsored group.

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SPOTLIGHT: U.S. extends ICANN contract for domains

August 16, 2006 — 8:01pm ET


ICANN will continue to manage the Internet's domain name system until at least 2011, based on a new contract extension with the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ever-controversial Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers still faces the problem of its main contract expiring Sept. 30 of this year, with the major question being whether ICANN will live in public or private hands. Article

SPOTLIGHT: Registrar hearings to be webcast today

July 25, 2006 — 8:01pm ET


Hearing today in Washington will focus on the future of ICANN's contract to administer the Internet domain name system. Critics say the hearings are a sham because they allow for only token public debate. Article

ALSO NOTED: EMC's fine art of acquisitions; Advances in flexible display tech; and much more...

July 2, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> EMC's fine art of acquisitions. Article

> Advances in flexible display tech. Article

> FBI recovers stolen VA laptop. Article

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ALSO NOTED: Marvell to pay $600M for Intel unit; Nortel Networks to lose 1,100 jobs; and much more...

June 26, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Marvell to pay $600M for Intel unit. Article

> Nortel Networks to lose 1,100 jobs. Article

> Compuware's requirements software. Article

> Actuate updates Upgrades reporting tools. …

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ALSO NOTED: Mozilla unveils new Firefox 2.0 alpha; Infor buys SSA Global, bumpy road?; Software AG, AmberPoint merge SOAs;and m

May 15, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Mozilla unveils new Firefox 2.0 alpha. Article

> Infor buys SSA Global, bumpy road? Article

> Software AG, AmberPoint merge SOAs. Article

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ICANN tackles future of the Internet

March 27, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers is holding its 25th major meeting this week in New Zealand. On the docket: Why are people so distrustful of ICANN these days? Some say it's because the organization no longer stands up for ordinary Internet users but rather is swayed by companies and governments. Internationalization, oversight and security of the domain name system will also be controversial topics for debate at the meeting.

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ICANN to consider defenses against attacks

March 16, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

ICANN's security committee will meet in New Zealand later this month to discuss new ways of stopping distributed denial-of-service attacks. Such attacks are not only becoming commonplace, they're also becoming more powerful and easier to launch, experts say. A flare of attacks in January and February would have crashed most Web sites, but luckily it was contained early.

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