ICANN will unveil on June 13th the list of proposals for new custom domain names. Google gives a taste of his choice. Currently there are about twenty names of generic top level domain (. Com,. Org. Net ...) and nearly 250 national extensions such as. Fr example.
Internet giant Google has lost an arbitration over the domain name, Groovle.com.
In a decision released today, The National Arbitration Forum,
dismissed Google's complaint (Claim Number: FA0911001293500) that it was
entitled to the domain name, Groovle.com. Google had claimed that the domain
name Groovle.com, is
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted 9 to 5 to approve a deal granting VeriSign continued control of the .com top-level domain despite opposition from some registrars. However, the agreement must still be given the green light from the U.S. Commerce Department.
A newly formed lobbying group is challenging the settlement agreement VeriSign struck last month with the ICANN, the regulatory group that oversees the Internet's technical infrastructure.
A trade group of Internet businesses challenged a proposed settlement over control of the .com domain as a violation of U.S. antitrust laws in a lawsuit filed Monday in a California federal court.
Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has created a new advisory group to cover the complex and controversial of internationalised domain names (IDNs) - domain names in foreign languages. The new committee comprises three chairs - all ICANN Board members - and 18 experts from the around the world.
Settling a nearly two year-old dispute over the redirection of unused domains, VeriSign on Monday announced it had reached an agreement with ICANN regarding the group's attempt to stop the company from sending Web surfers to a VeriSign owned search service back in 2003.
The board of directors for the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) departed from the norm with its approval of the .cat domain extension, officials announced Thursday evening.
INTERWEB overseers ICANN have delayed a plan to set up a .xxx domain for porn sites.
The plan, which would create a virtual red-light district on the web, has been getting into political trouble lately.
