The United States and Canada faced a setback on Wednesday as a joint proposal from the two nations, which was also backed by some European countries, failed to win approval at an international meeting. The proposal aimed to protect the Internet from international regulation, and its rejection could ...
The European Union announced on Friday that it would oppose attempts to increase regulation of the Internet at a United Nations conference that will take place next week in Dubai. This move comes as some countries have called for tighter rules on Web service providers and phone operators. The Intern...
The committee reviewing applications for new top-level domains has publicized more than 250 objections to dozens of them, along with the reasons behind the responses. The Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers' Government Advisory Committee, which represents about 50 governments worldwide...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers published a list of proposed generic top level domains on Wednesday, including such brand-specific Web suffixes such as ".jpmorgan," ".walmart" and ".microsoft," as well as more generic terms such as ".book" and ".love." ICANN, the nonprofit We...
"Domestic Communications Assistance Center" is the kind of name you'd give to a couples counseling collective. At the FBI, though, it's the name that's been given to an agency designed to be at the cutting edge of digital snooping. The mission of the DCAC, located at the FBI facility in Quantico, Va...
Targeted attacks on organizations and Web-born infections like the recent Flashback outbreak on Macintosh computers will continue to poison the security landscape in 2012, according to John Harrison, Symantec group product manager for endpoint threat protection and security technology and response.
Last week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission let Google off with a tap on the wrist for hindering the commission's efforts to investigate allegations that Google was slurping information from WiFi networks with its fleet of mapping vehicles.The search giant's punishment -- a $25,000 fine le...
Despite the pleas of some regulators and the advertising industry, the overlords of the Internet -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- plunged forward last week with its plan to drastically expand the number of generic top level domains on the Net. Generic Top Level Domains a...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers began accepting applications for new generic top-level domains at one minute past midnight on Thursday. This is a major change for the Internet as we know it. The new gTLD program will expand the current selection of top-level domains such as ....
With mixed emotions, Rick Singer, CEO of GreatApps.com, recently bought his first .XXX domain name. He was happy that his small business had progressed to the point where its brand needed to be protected. At the same time, GreatApps is, as the name suggests, a software company, not an adult entertai...
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