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ICANN: CEO Search Update

The CEO Search Committee has been actively working to identify top candidates for ICANN’s CEO/President position, to commence 1 July 2012. The window for candidate applications closed on ...

Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process – Recommendation 8 Concerning Standardizing and Clarifying WHOIS Status Messages

Purpose (Brief): Public notice is hereby provided of the proposed change related to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy to standardize and clarify WHOIS status messages that is considered for ...

ICANN: IDN Variant Issues Project: Final Integrated Issues Report Published and Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps is Now Open for Public Comment

ICANN is pleased to announce the publication of the final Integrated Issues Report [PDF, 2.15 MB] and the posting of the proposed project plan [PDF, 211 KB] for the next steps of the IDN Variant ...

ICANN Dot-Anything: Rethinking the Scope of the New GTLD Expansion, It’s Effect on Government Regulation, and It’s Impact on Trademark Owners by Ukeme Awakessien

Abstract: Just like the technology world prepared for Y2K, the dot-com centric way of Internet addressing is preparing to change. Instead of typing www.dot.com into your web browser, you will be ...

ICANN: Public Comment: Roadmap to a New Domain Name Registration Data Access Protocol (WHOIS)

ICANN is pleased to announce the posting of the draft roadmap [PDF, 214 KB] to implement ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee’s Report on Domain Name WHOIS Terminology and ...

Improved ICANN.ORG to Launch Ahead of Costa Rica Meeting

A nine-month project to overhaul our flagship website, ICANN.ORG, will complete another important phase soon, displaying a brand-new look to the ICANN community in time for the ICANN 43 meeting in ...

100 Applicants Registered For New gTLDs

There are 100 successful registrants in the online new generic Top Level Domain Application System, ICANN announced today (14 February). With each successful registrant being able to apply for up ...

Domain Pulse 2012: Business, Not Porn, Most Popular Domain Name Use

Business is the main user of domain names said Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager of EURid on the first day of the annual Domain Pulse being held in Hamburg, Germany. In a survey involving eleven ...

CENTR Elects New Chair and Three New Board Members

At the recent CENTR Annual General Assembly in Salzburg, CENTR elected three new board members – Lise Fuhr (.DK), Giovanni Seppia (.EU) and Richard Wein (.AT). They replaced outgoing members ...

Domain Pulse Conference Live Webcast!

The 2012 Domain Pulse kicks off on Monday, this year being held in the German city of Hamburg. But don’t despair if you can’t make it. There will be a live webcast accessible from the ...
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