IT & Telecoms
Web chiefs seek help on new digital districts
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced on 10 May that a series of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) are likely to arrive next summer – and it wants the onlin....  »
Pre-exit Web chief views crystal ball
Vint Cerf – outgoing chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – has addressed the coming end of his tenure in a video interview that peers into the organisatio....  »
Software patents blamed for Windows price
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) took the eve of American Tax Day to criticise software patents for contributing to the US tax burden...  »
ICANN: New site online - and new sites on-side
This week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a reformatted website that will help its users and associates to keep better track of its policies, procedures and d....  »
Tech giants bond in patent pact
In a move that will be warmly received by the world’s IT community, Microsoft and Fuji Xerox unveiled a cross-licensing deal on 22 March, in which the firms will have access to each other’s pate....  »
ICANN to debate 'Whois' issues
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is poised to hold discussions next week on the future of ‘Whois’ records –  data revealing the owners of domain names....  »
RegisterFly: the final swat
In a dramatic finale to news previously reported on IP Review Online (click here and here), the ICANN has withdrawn Accreditation from the failing domains firm, RegisterFly, for prolonged systemic f....  »
Study reveals online trouble spots
It emerged on 14 March that a detailed study of 265 top-level domains (TLDs) has shown that 4.1% of all websites can expose users’ terminals to a range of risks....  »
Earth stands still for Google opponent
A technology firm’s patent dispute with Google over its Google Earth feature ended on 7 March with a victory for the search giant....  »
USPTO learns a few Wiki ways
It emerged on 6 March that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will this summer pilot a Wikipedia-like, web-based peer review system for software patent submissions...  »