Tagged: ICANN & News
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ICANN to accept new top-level domains applications from today News
12.01.2012 ICANN has begun accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which could see websites end in such domain name extensions as .shop, .nyc, .irish and .music -
Visionary tech investor has her eye on online health News
13.12.2011 Esther Dyson is like the ‘A’ list of angel investors in the IT space. Tomorrow evening, she’ll be speaking at Science Gallery Dublin about her latest investing focal point:...Categories: Web 2.0, Science, R&D, IT Organisation, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Deals Done -
Porn publishers sue ICANN over .XXX domains News
18.11.2011 Two major online porn publishers have filed a lawsuit against ICANN over the .XXX domain name that ICANN approved this year. The publishers accuse ICANN of behaving in a... -
Scots and Welsh want their own top-level domains News
26.09.2011 Is the Union breaking up? No, not really, it just seems that the Scots, the Welsh and may be even the Londoners want to have their own regional suffixes instead of the catch-all... -
.XXX domain registration begins today News
07.09.2011 Described by some as the ‘internet’s red light district’, it will be interesting to see if the launch of registrations for the .XXX domain today will indeed help to separate the... -
Mass expansion of TLDs not a threat to national domains – IEDR News
14.07.2011 Trademark owners rather than national top level domains are the ones who will be most challenged by the impending expansion of generic top level domains (gTLDs), the CEO of the... -
Consortium buys GoDaddy.com for US$2.2bn News
04.07.2011 Web hosting and domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has been bought by a consortium of private equity firms – including KKR, SilverLake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Hosting Services, Funding, Deals Done -
Weekend news roundup News
04.07.2011 Since Zynga announced plans to go public, the web has been afire with news and analysis about the social games company’s prospects and, in particular, its CEO Mark Pincus.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial -
ICANN approves massive expansion of domain names News
20.06.2011 The board of directors of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes to the internet’s domain name... -
ICANN approves .XXX adult domain News
19.03.2011 Internet domain regulator ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved the .XXX top-level domain for adult entertainment sites. It is likely major... -
Irish hosting player gears up to sell .xxx domains News
18.02.2011 A major domain name reseller based in Carlow, Blacknight, is accepting expressions of interest from the adult entertainment industry for registering .xxx domains in anticipation...Categories: Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Internet, Hosting Services, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce -
Adoption of IPv6 is now of paramount importance News
04.02.2011 It’s goodbye to the web as we knew it and hello to a web with a bit more room. Last night the final batches of IPv4 web addresses were issued to regional bodies. The future now... -
ICANN on verge of approving .XXX domain News
25.06.2010 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbering is planning to approve the .xxx top level domain for adult websites – a decade after it was first proposed. -
LinkedIn locates global finance base in Dublin News
24.06.2010 Three months since professional networking website LinkedIn revealed it was planning to locate its European HQ in Dublin – joining other web giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and...Categories: Social Media, Internet, Financial, Digital Business, Web Development, Online Business, Administration -
Move to IPv6 critical as internet reaches limits of growth News
19.05.2010 The existing internet based on Internet Protocol version 4 is running out of available addresses due to massive web growth, particularly mobile internet in developing nations... -
.xxx debate puts spotlight on ICANN’s accountability News
07.05.2010 The ongoing struggle between ICM Registry, the company pushing to get a .xxx domain for online adult entertainment, and ICANN, the independent body responsible for managing...Tags: ICANN, Top Level Domains, -
ICANN delays decision on .XXX domain News
16.03.2010 Following its recent meeting in Nairobi ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) again declined to make a decision on the .xxx domain for sites with adult...Categories: Digital LifeTags: ICANN, -
Regulator approves multi-lingual web addresses News
30.10.2009 One of the most significant changes in the Internet's 40-year history has taken place with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)'s approval of internet...Tags: ICANN, -
Branded web domains could lead to widespread trademark battles News
30.10.2009 The head of a leading online trademark-protection firm has warned that the introduction of unlimited top-level domains (TLDs) such as .gucci or .cocacola could lead to...Tags: ICANN, Top Level Domains, -
NRO tells US Govt ‘ICANN is no longer your domain’ News
23.06.2009 The Number Resource Organisation (NRO), which consists of five of the world’s top regional internet registries, has expressed its support in ending the collaboration between the...Categories: Comms, Government