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ICANN opens floodgates to new domains
On Jan. 12, the Internet opens a new chapter as organizations around the world begin applying for new domain name extensions. It's the most significant change to the Internet's naming system in well
Who's who in information security
It's always a challenge keeping up with the latest threats to information security, and knowing who the latest and greatest security experts are can be a daunting task as well. Cryptography pro and
ICANN to radically expand Domain Name System, charge $185,000 per top-level domain
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has approved a controversial top-level domain (TLD) policy that will mark a new era for the domain name as we know it. ICANN says this new
Web alphabet goes global
The World Wide Web is about to change in a very major way. The private organization that oversees basic design of the Internet is allowing web addresses to be expressed in characters other than the
53 indicted in massive phishing plot
The FBI broke up a massive phishing scam last week, indicting 53 people in the United States in connection with a plot that victimized thousands of customers at two major U.S. banks. Another 47
Companies to pay a bundle for new domain names
The world of domain names is expanding, and in a short time, you'll be able to buy a domain name and have exclusive use of it. Companies like IBM and HP will shell out lots of money to get suffixes
Microsoft buys office.com domain
Microsoft bought the office.com domain last week from a Brussels-based company. Until now, Microsoft's website for its Office software suite was found at office.microsoft.com. The new domain name
The dot-com world is about to explode
You've gotten pretty used to dot-com, dot-net and dot-gov. But your world is about to change in cyberspace with web addresses ending in far different worlds. And that change could turn your business
Stamping out domain tasting
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
New .mobi domain is controversial but growing
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 …
