29th June 2012 By Gideon Rop . Indeed marked a critical and historic time to the entire universe and more especially to the internet community. I dare say that it also puts to the forefront the fact that Africa has introduced a first critical facet in human rights; freedom, an issue that was so courageously demonstrated by …
Which countries have the most Socially Devoted brands? Learn about the nations with the best social attitude towards their customers and Fans on Facebook! Recently, we presented the most Socially Devoted industries as well as individual brands. And to get the bigger picture, we are providing you with the list of countries that excel at …
Thousands could lose access to the Internet on July 9 due to a virus, DNSChanger, that once infected approximately 4 million computers across the world. The Federal Bureau of Investigation first gave details about the virus last November, when it announced the arrest of the malware’s authors. The virus, as its name indicates, affected computers’ …
The US Government has awarded ICANN a new contract to manage the Internet, ending six months of uncertainty after it refused to renew the previous contract, instead opting to give ICANN only a six month extension. Under the contract, awarded by the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ICANN will continue …
The ICANN latest reveal of the applications pending batching has shown a number of very crucial details of what the new domains system is like. The new system before batching presents new applications with the North Americas having the highest applications amounting to 911, Europe follows with 675, Asia pacific which already has one continental …
Last week, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) introduced their new CEO, Fadi Chehade, at its 44nd meeting in Prague. Chehade brings extensive international experience in the technology sector, having most recently served as CEO of Vocado. Prior to this, he worked at IBM and CoreObjects as well as created successful start-ups …
ICANN has released the latest generic Top-Level Domain name applications, which include .africa, .capetown, .mtn, .multichoice, .dstv, .durban, .capetown and .joburg DStv channels have dominated the list of applicants for the new top level domains from Africa, this was clearly seen in the list of proposed generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) revealed by the Internet …
The ICANN latest reveal of the applications pending batching has shown a number of very crucial details of what the new domains system is like. The new system before batching presents new applications with the North Americas having the highest applications amounting to 911, Europe follows with 675, Asia pacific which already has one continental …
A group of volunteers has just released a detailed report for ICANN on one of the most troubled, debated, and close-to-useless systems of Internet accountability: Whois. Whois, a simple protocol built into the first Internet architectures in the early 80s, allows free and public query of information on domain name ownership. When you type in …
The organisation responsible for internet addresses has hired Fadi Chehade as its new chief executive. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is facing criticism over its handling of new top level domains. Mr Chehade, formerly of IBM, will replace Rod Beckstrom who had been in post since June 2009. Mr Chehade will …