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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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| 06-03-30 |
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.EU |
Dot EU activation time lengthened 
 Dot EU registry EURid announces a new activation time of 45 days for domains requested during the sunrise period.
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| 06-03-20 |
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.FR |
Dot FR opened to individuals on June 20th 2006
 French registry AFNIC has confirmed that conditions for registration of a Dot FR domain name will further be loosened later on this year.
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| 06-03-14 |
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WSIS |
Official dates for inaugural IGF meeting announced
 The first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be held in Greece at the end of the year.
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| 06-03-03 |
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ICANN |
ICANN directors comment on the Verisign vote
 Amid growing controversy on ICANN's approval of the proposed settlement with Dot Com registry operator Verisign, some Board members have released comments on the reasons for their vote.
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| 06-03-02 |
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ICANN |
Verisign comments on ICANN Board approval
 Former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Verisign, Tom Galvin comments on the green light given to the proposed settlement by the ICANN Board.
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| 06-03-01 |
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ICANN |
ICANN approves VeriSign settlement
 ICANN's board has voted in favour of a proposed settlement agreement with Verisign, despite strong opposition from the Internet community.
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| 06-01-19 |
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SECONDHAND NAMES |
Sex.com sold for $14 million US
 Stolen, recovered… and now sold for mega bucks. The sex.com saga reaches new highs…
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| 06-01-18 |
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.INFO |
Afilias to provide registry services for .AERO
 Dot AERO sponsor SITA has signed an agreement with Afilias who will provide registry services for the aviation industry's top level domain.
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| 05-11-10 |
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.FR |
Dot FR open to individuals in 2006
 Currently only open to companies and trademark holders, the French domain is set to take a major step towards becoming completely unrestricted when it opens up to individuals next year. French registry AFNIC manager Mathieu Weill explains what will happen and how it will happen.
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| 05-09-29 |
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.XXX |
The fight to launch Dot XXX
 DomainesInfo.fr talked to ICM Registry about Dot XXX, the new domain ICANN gave them to go-ahead to set up before putting the project on hold at the behest of the US government.
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