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| 07-07-12 |
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.MOBI |
.MOBI city names won't be given away
 As part of its drive to strengthen .MOBI awareness, registry dotMobi is releasing some 650 previously reserved city names. But it's not giving them away. We asked dotMobi for details…
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| 07-07-11 |
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.EU |
EURid takes down .EU slammer
 The real .EU registry has taken prompt action to block a fake EU registry calling itself 'EU ID' from tricking .COM owners into registering the equivalent .EU domain.
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| 07-07-10 |
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.EU |
Requirements Panel launched for .EU
 European registry EURid calls upon registrar community to help suggest and enact improvements to the .EU registration and management system.
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| 07-07-09 |
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.BERLIN |
Possible parliamentary support for .BERLIN
 Proposed CityTLD .BERLIN is facing opposition from the German city's senate but may yet rally support from its parliament.
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| 07-07-05 |
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ICANN |
Will ICANN go French in 2008?
 Internet watchdog ICANN holds three meetings a year. Decisions taken there can affect Internet users the world over. In 2008, one of the proposed meeting venues is Paris. A first for the French Capital.
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| 07-07-02 |
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ICANN |
What is ICANN's definition of progress?
 ICANN management has concluded the corporation's 2nd general meeting of the year with upbeat comments on new Internet domains. Not everyone shares that optimism.
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| 07-06-29 |
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.ASIA |
Launch dates for .ASIA revealed
 It’s now official. Precise dates and procedures for the multi-part Sunrise process were announced last Tuesday at the ICANN meeting in San Juan. Here is what you need to know.
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| 07-06-28 |
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.BERLIN |
New CityTLDs: coming soon?
 They're the talk of the town (no pun intended) at the ICANN meeting, currently under way in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. But not everyone agrees that CityTLDs such as .BERLIN are a good idea…
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| 07-06-19 |
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.ASIA |
DotAsia start-up now set for October 2007
 Look forward to precise date announcement for the three-part launch next week during the San Juan Icann meeting.
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| 07-06-17 |
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.FR |
AFNIC board renewed
 French registry AFNIC's board elections took place last week in Paris. Half the board seats were up for renewal, with elected members to serve three year terms.
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| 07-06-04 |
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SPAM |
How to kill junk mail
 A new open standard to make sure that email originates from the owner of the domain name it claims to come from has just been published. How is it going to help get rid of spam and phishing attacks?
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| 06-12-18 |
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ICANN |
Should obsolete ccTLD’s be allowed to die?
 ICANN is considering retiring extensions that no longer stand for existing countries, like .SU (for the former Soviet Union). Good idea or disaster waiting to happen?
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| 06-12-11 |
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.ASIA |
One step closer to Dot ASIA
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| 06-11-13 |
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GOVERNANCE |
ITU elects new Secretary General
 Hamadoun Ibrahim Touré, from Mali, elected to replace Japan's Yoshio Utsumi as Secretary General of UN's International Telecommunication Union.
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| 06-10-10 |
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TRENDS |
How much for a typo domain name?
 Domainers love typos. These people make their living by setting up link pages using domain names that surfers are likely to type in error. When you land on one of them and distractedly click on one of their links you generate advertising revenue for the happy domainer.
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| 06-10-04 |
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GOVERNANCE |
European Commission welcomes new ICANN contract
 EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding declares new agreement an important step towards full private-sector management of the Internet.
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| 06-10-04 |
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.EU |
EURid opens regional office
 Dot EU registry EURid has opened an office in Sweden and plans two more, in the Czech Republic and in Italy. Their aim is to increase the level of service on offer to all regions of Europe.
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| 06-09-30 |
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ICANN |
ICANN and DoC sign new agreement
 Internet overseer ICANN has inked a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DoC) to replace the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) previously in place between both parties.
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| 06-08-02 |
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.CO.UK |
Nominet takes tough stance on domain tasting
 UK registry introduces sanctions for registrars considered to be involved in acts of domain tasting.
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| 06-07-24 |
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.EU |
EURid suspends 74 000 .EU domain names
 EURid, the non profit organisation operating the Internet top level domain .EU, has suspended 74 000 .EU domain names and has sued 400 registrars for breach of contract.
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| 06-07-18 |
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.NO |
Norway formalizes relationship with ICANN 
 After Chile, England and Germany, Norway becomes the latest country code domain to exchange letters with ICANN.
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| 06-07-17 |
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LEGAL |
An in-depth look at Russian IP and domain name law
 An IP specialist with Baker & McKenzie in Moscow, Andrei M. Mincov gives us a frank and fascinating insight into the way domain names problems are tackled in Russia.
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| 06-07-04 |
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.XXX |
Fighting for Dot XXX
 Despite being turned down by ICANN, Dot XXX sponsor ICM Registry simply will not give up. DomainesInfo talks to ICM's boss Stuart Lawley about the future he's certain Dot XXX has.
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| 06-06-25 |
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ICANN |
ICANN formalizes relationship with ccTLD Manager for Chile
 ICANN has signed an accountability framework with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .CL (Chile), NIC Chile.
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| 06-06-20 |
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ICANN |
ICANN needs a geography lesson
 So eager was ICANN to celebrate a strengthened relationship with three new country code domain managers that it got one of the countries wrong in its official statement!
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| 06-05-20 |
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ICANN |
ICANN appoints new VP
 Denise Michel named Vice President in charge of ICANN's policy development.
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| 06-05-18 |
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WSIS |
UN creates Internet Governance Forum advisory group
 Group includes 46 members from Government, the private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities, who represent all regions of the world.
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| 06-05-11 |
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.XXX |
ICANN Board says no to Dot XXX
 ICANN's Board of Directors has voted against a proposed agreement for creating a new Top Level Domain, Dot XXX.
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| 06-04-10 |
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.TEL |
ICANN posts proposed Dot TEL agreement
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| 06-04-06 |
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.EU |
EURid comments on the issue of generic domain names 
 EURid has been approached by a number of people objecting to the granting of domain names for generic names, which have been applied for (and accepted) during Sunrise.
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