Iran has devised what they believe to be the most effective way to protect themselves from cyber attacks launched by terrorist hackers and outside governments: They’ll create their own version of the Internet. Read More
In the past ten years, the Internet has grown so fast that it’s almost incomprehensible. When something grows this fast—and is at the same time extremely useful to our everyday lives Read More
The Internet Society (ISOC) and the Infocomm Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP) has organized a conference to discuss the potential changes to the Internet Read More
A historic land rush is underway for vast new swaths of the Internet: Amazon has bid for control of all the Web addresses that end with “.book.” Google wants “.buy.” Allstate wants “.carinsurance.” Read More
We have been taking an active interest in the development of the new TLD program by ICANN and excited by the many opportunities and challenges that this “opening up” will bring to us, our customers and the internet ecosystem as a whole. Read More
LOS ANGELES, California – Fadi Chehadé officially assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He assumed his position two weeks ahead of his planned start date. Read More
“I don’t think I can solve issues that have been going on for centuries,” Akram Atallah, interim head of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), told Reuters. Read More
Rwanda looks set to gain control over its own web domain, “.rw” (ccTLD) after a seven-year long process of transferring it from Belgium. Rwanda Information Communication Technology Association (RICTA) is set to manage the government’s web domain after using formal procedures to apply for its repatriation. Read More