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US.gov questions DNS liberalisation plansOpen in New Window
"The US government has criticised an ICANN plan to allow many more top level domain extensions, raising questions once again over the organization's independence from political interests in Washing read more »
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US to ICANN: plan to sell new gTLDs is a real stinkerOpen in New Window
"The US government isn't any happier with ICANNs plan to open 200-800 gTLDs for sale to the highest bidder than anyone else. The federal response to the proposal falls just short of recommending IC read more »
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GoDaddy Moves To Close Shady Standard Tactics SubsidiaryOpen in New Window
Robin Wauters writes "Earlier this month, we reported on The Go Daddy Group doing everything it could to keep the public from knowing about its subsidiary Standard Tactics, which it used for domain read more »
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ICANN plan for new TLDs comes under barrage of criticismOpen in New Window
"ICANN continues to press on with its plans to create an additional 200-800 gTLDs, despite opposition from virtually every corner. The organization claims its plan will create new opportunities for. read more »
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Internet Governance Forum can't even set up Listserv rightOpen in New Window
"With the Internet Governance Forum jockeying with ICANN and the ITU for decision-making authority over the Internet, setting up a listserv incorrectly and enraging journalists isn't helpful to the read more »
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.Tel Is Just A Featureless Social Network That Costs $10/yearOpen in New Window
".TEL, one of a stream of new top level domain dames approved by the quasi-governmental Los Angeles-based ICANN, will go on sale shortly. Like other domain name types, you'll be able to buy your .T read more »
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ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domainsOpen in New Window
"Following ICANN's notice of termination sent to cybercrime-friendly domain registrar EstDomains in October, on the 24th of November the termination became a reality and EstDomains is no more." read more »
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ICANN delays shutting down spammy Estonian registrarOpen in New Window
"The overseer of the Internet's addressing system said on Wednesday it will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review." read more »
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