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4429d484ICANN has no plans to extend new gTLD window
The March 29 and April 12 deadlines to register for and submit new gTLD applications are currently not open to negotiation, according to ICANN chair Steve Crocker. We don t really have any indication of sufficient...
4429d572Beckstrom slams his own board over conflicts
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom today offered a scathing criticism of his own board of directors, saying the current batch looks like it is too conflicted to act in the public interest. During his opening address here at ICANN s...
4429d485Guns, germs and steel
Un livre très ambitieux de Jared Diamond, puisqu'il s'agit d'étudier en un seul bouquin les causes du succès militaire de certaines civilisations sur d'autres. Pourquoi Pizarre a-t-il conquis l'empire inca au lieu que ce...
4430d486Big Content issues gTLD lock-down demands
Twenty members of the movie, music and games businesses have asked ICANN to impose strict anti-piracy rules on new top-level domains related to their industries. In a position statement, New gTLDs Targeting Creative...
4430d666Here’s how new gTLD batching will work
ICANN has revealed the unusual process new top-level domain applicants will have to use to compete for premium gTLD evaluation batch slots. Senior vice president Kurt Pritz described a Target Time Variance system at a...
4430d535Six hot topics for new gTLD applicants at ICANN 43
Hundreds of stakeholders are gathering in San Jose, Costa Rica today for the first official day of ICANN s 43rd public meeting. While the news that the US government has deferred the renewal of ICANN s IANA contract for...
4430d542Ajouter un en-tête Destination aux paquets IPv6
Le protocole IPv6 permet de définir des options dans le paquet IPv6, options qui vont s'insérer entre l'en-tête IPv6 et les données. Comment les définir depuis son programme ? On trouve très peu d'informations à ce sujet...
4431d535NTIA says ICANN “does not meet the requirements” for IANA...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has dealt a stunning blow to ICANN in its bid to carry on running the internet s critical IANA functions. The NTIA said this hour that it has canceled the...
4431d524NTIA throws a bomb, cancels IANA contract RFP
Just hours before ICANN s Costa Rica meeting kicks off, the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration has cast uncertainty over the new gTLD program by throwing another of its now-traditional...
4433d551Aussie telco to apply for dot-brand gTLD
ARI Registry Services has managed to persuade another client to come clean about its dot-brand gTLD plans. According to a report in the Australian press, Perth-based carrier/ISP iiNet plans to apply for .iinet using ARI...
4433d496Paul Goldstone puts co.com up for sale
The domain name co.com has been put up for sale by domain investor Paul Goldstone. The domain, which received 4.5 million unique visitors and 14 million page views in 2011, will be brokered jointly by DomainAdvisors and...
4433d554New features in dnsmasq
A new version 2.60 of the excellent dnsmasq has been released, and it includes a number of new features : Support for DHCPv6 including tags, options, static addresses and relay support. Support for IPv6 router...
4434d501Field Reports: How to get ahead of the learning curve with..
For many community colleges throughout the U.S., proactive cost-savings strategies involve making due with outdated products and services or worse, doing away with essentials. In this edition of Field Reports, we're...
4434d525Russians flee from IDN during first junk drop
Russia s internationalized ccTLD, .РФ, lost 18% of its registered domains under management after its first launch anniversary, according to the registry. Coordination Center for ccTLD said that the registry peaked at...
4434d498SoftHSM 1.3.2
Version 1.3.2 of SoftHSM has now been released. Update the README with information on moving the database between different architectures. Bugfixes: Fix the destruction order of the Singleton objects. Download the...
4435d431CADNA hard-sells defensive gTLD applications
Talk about a U-turn. FairWinds Partners, the company behind the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, has gone from using CADNA to oppose ICANN s new gTLD program in its entirety to name-dropping the organization in sales...
4435d506WIPO releases 2011 cybersquatting stats
WIPO handled more UDRP cases covering more domain names in 2011 than in any other year, but its numbers do paint a very convincing picture of the cybersquatting landscape. The organization today announced that it handled...
4435d523IP lobby files last-minute new gTLD demands
ICANN s ongoing public comment period into the perceived need for defensive gTLD applications produced a raft of demands from the intellectual property community, not all of which relate to the subject matter at hand....
4435d495Why I joined OpenDNS (From Dan Hubbard, CTO)
Some thoughts on why I joined OpenDNS as CTO
4436d487New gTLD applicants up to 207
With the registration deadline less than four weeks away, ICANN has revealed that it has received 207 sign-ups for generic top-level domain applications. That s an increase of 63 over the last week and up 163 on February...
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