What the ‘Internet doomsday’ virus is and how to fix it

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’ …

US Government decides to leave key Internet governance role with ICANN_itwire

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 …

DotAfrica amongst the top 50 most desired domains_aptantech

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 …

6 Issues & Challenges Faced by the New ICANN CEO_dotYou

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 …

African New Domain Applications – DStv Tops List_techtalkafrica

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 …

ICANN Has Opened Up Opportunities for Everyone Including Africa_CircleID

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 …

The Whois Database May Finally Get an Overhaul_internet evolution

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 …

Icann hire Fadi Chehade as new chief executive_BBC News

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 …