News tagged with domain name suffixes

ICANN resumes bids for new Internet suffixes

(AP) -- The organization overseeing a major expansion of Internet addresses has reopened its system for letting companies and organizations submit proposals.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN targets May 22 to resume name expansion

(AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes hopes to resume taking proposals on May 22 following a technical glitch that shut down its computer system for weeks. ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN offers refunds to domain name applicants

(AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes is offering full refunds to companies and organizations affected by a weeks-long delay in taking proposals.

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet group: Quality over speed in new domains

(AP) -- The organization in charge of expanding the number of Internet address suffixes - the ".com" part of domain names - is apologizing for delays but says it's favoring "quality, not speed."

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created May 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

".Oops": Glitch forces extension for new suffixes

You're probably familiar with ".com" and ".org." How about ".oops"? A technical glitch forced the abrupt shutdown of a system for letting companies and organizations propose new Internet domain name suffixes. The Internet ...

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created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Internet address expansion set despite ".worries." (Update)

Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

ICANN names Chinese scholar as VP for Asia

(AP) -- The organization in charge of Internet domain names has selected a Chinese scholar as vice president for Asia.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Beyond '.com,' names for Antarctica, Urdu and more

(AP) -- Unless you're a Luddite, you're bound to know of ".com," the Internet's most common address suffix.

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created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New Internet domain suffixes seen as benefit

Small businesses trying to find new ways to market themselves online may soon tap new branding opportunities, if the organization that regulates Internet domain names expands its offering beyond the traditional dot-com suffix.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Internet regulator mulls cybersquatting block

(AP) -- The Internet's key oversight agency is considering a centralized database of trademark holders, to cut down on questionable registrations of new Internet addresses.

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO (Update)

The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0