Domains
Web chiefs consultation takes off
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched its long-touted plan to draw ideas for the future of domain name registration from the marketplace itself....  »
Applicants prepare for .Asia explosion
The Hong-Kong-based registry operator DotAsia Organisation is currently inviting applicants to submit proposals for the acquisition of websites with the ‘.asia’ suffix....  »
ICANN to fine-tune registrar relations
At the 29th International Public Meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), held this week in San Juan, Puerto Rico, discussion ranged around the body’s regulatory....  »
US registry aims to beat Web shortage
In a move that will create ripples across the entire domains market, the leading registry of the United States has made an urgent call for a full-scale migration to a new Internet Protocol....  »
First Impressions on Second Life
Second Life has introduced the Internet to a whole new virtual world for users to interact, trade and invent. But what does this mean for IP rights holders? Trademark lawyer Martin Schwimmer of Sch....  »
A new dot for Asia
The launch of the new ‘.asia’ domain name is yet another sign of the growth in popularity of industry in the region, says CPA Global’s Peter Whiley...  »
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....  »
Web masters code clears communication channels
Software developers and Web designers no longer have to teach their applications or sites about the ever-changing world of top level domains (TLDs)....  »
New bank TLD to leave phishers high and dry?
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