ICANN to approve .XXX domain today

Even after legal efforts are being made to stop the sale of domain names ending with .XXX, internet registries have opened them up for public sale. During the restricted sale period around 100,000 addresses have been bought and...

From later this month, Google has decided to stop providing its popular Gmail app for BlackBerry. This can be viewed as a shock for RIM as they are putting in strong efforts to prevent customer defections to handsets that run on...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has started accepting applications for the controversial .xxx domain names, which will be launched on December 6. Internet registries like Domain.com and ICM...

Domain registry firm Nominet has conducted a study of Welsh businesses and customers, asking if they felt the country should have its own domain names: .wales and .cymru. Of the 1,003 indivuals polled, there was much support for...

A number of businesses are looking to protect their brands from being nabbed by cybersquatters for use in the new .xxx domain which is launching in December.According to an article on Reuters, domain operator ICM Registry...

ICANN, the Internet's Terry McCann has decided to abandon the way domain names have been categorised and registered up to now and allow virtually any sort if website name you than think of. During a 'special' meeting in...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the .xxx domain for adult entertainment websites. The move will allow pornographic websites to officially adopt the web suffix in order to distinguish...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has delayed announcing its decision of whether it will introduce the .XXX domain for pornographic websites. According to PC Magazine, the organisation has already...

GoDaddy caused a stir over the weekend after it experimented with using ‘.co’ as the default top level domain.The world’s largest domain registration service has since reverted back to ‘.com’ as the...

Two US Congressmen have launched a privacy inquiry into a recent change to Apple's user terms of service, which require users to agree to the company sharing information about their location.Micro-blogging giant Twitter has...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given initial approval for a .xxx top-level domain for adult websites.ICM, the company behind the campaign for the domain, explained that the introduction of a...

The company behind .xxx has ramped up the pressure on ICANN to approve its application for a porn-only internet domain. ICM Registry chairman Stuart Lawley sent a stiff letter to his counterpart at ICANN this weekend, saying...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be reviewing a petition filed by the ICN Registry in order to let adult entertainment websites use the .xxx domain instead of using the traditional .com...

The company behind “.xxx”  has sent a thinly-veiled legal threat to ICANN, demanding its Internet domain proposal be approved sharpish.  ICM Registry, which has been fighting with the domain name overseer...

The Internet could soon see its first porn-only domain, after a landmark victory for the company behind “.xxx”. A panel of jurists has ruled that domain name overseer ICANN broke its own rules when it denied would-be...