LOS ANGELES – ICANN announced in a press release that the Generation Panel for the Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules published on 11 July 2013, the Chinese script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, …
ICANN announces that the Generation Panel for the Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules published on 11 July 2013, the Chinese script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 27 August 2014, the Proposal for the …
With planning for a second round of gTLD underway, ICANN has stated that the next “application round is not expected to launch until 2016 at the earliest” – but don’t be surprised if there are further delays along the way. Planning for the second round of gTLDs was discussed at the recent ICANN board meeting and …
Kremlin to discuss taking control of the .ru domain and measures to disconnect Russians from the web in the event of unrest. The Kremlin is considering radical plans to unplug Russia from the global internet in the event of a serious military confrontation or big anti-government protests at home, Russian officials hinted on Friday. President …
CentralNIC who are the registry partner for the .africa applicant DotConnectAfrica is set to invest US$1.5 in a new gTLD Company. CentralNIC announced in the press statement below Notice of Intention to Invest CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the global sale of domain names, today announces that the Group …
By Rep. John Shimkus on rollcall.com Summary: In theory, this transition follows a long-anticipated, congressionally endorsed plan to empower Internet architects and engineers, civil society, and technology industry stakeholders with the authority to maintain the DNS without government intrusion. In reality, the proposed transition creates an opportunity for authoritarian governments to supplant ICANN with the …
AMAZON SUCCESSFULLY BID $4.6m to control the .buy top level domain (TLD) name, according information just released by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). ICANN held an auction for three TLD names on 17 September, saying that there has been a lot of interest in them and that an auction was the …
According to ntldstats.com, .xyz, .berlin and .club are the three most registered new gTLDS. And other stats below as at Sept 16 2014
ICANN meetings happen three times a year in different locations in the globe, the international meeting normaly organizes an evening Gala where all delegates get to enjoy an easy time. Well according to yesterday’s blog by the Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement – North America Christopher Mondini, there will be no ICANN 51 Gala because they …
Word that Russian hackers posted nearly 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords to a shadowy bitcoin forum pushed much of the Internet into a panic Wednesday. Many of Google’s hundreds of millions of users scrambled to see if they were among those victimized, though that very act was a risk because of the number …