• Afilias Deletes .info Domain Names After Glitch
  A software glitch at the .info domain registry operated by Afilias briefly allowed scores of people to register Internet addresses that had fewer than the required three characters, the company confirmed today.
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• California Business Selling Unusable Domains
  A business with a Newport Beach, California address is charging customers for Internet names that end in ".usa" and ".sex." The only problem: those domain names don't exist.
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11/29/2001

• Domain name danger
  What are the legal options for those whose favoured domain names have been taken by someone else?
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11/28/2001

• ICANN Completes Dot-Coop Deal
  Internet addressing authorities this week signed off on a contract that clears the way for a ".coop" Internet domain to be included alongside .com, .net and .org in the Web's worldwide addressing system.
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11/27/2001

• Playboy Claims Domain Registered By The Anti-Porn Flynt
  The publisher of Playboy magazine has wrested the Internet domain PlayboyOnline.com from anti-porn crusaders who appeared to be making money when stray surfers visited a Web site at that address.
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11/26/2001

• .info Is Hot, New Web Domain
  Dot-com, dot-org and dot-net are soooo 20th century. A hot new suffix for the Web site of today is .info -- as in www.crosswordpuzzles.info, a Web address registered by a Utah manufacturer of software puzzles.
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• ICANN Responds To Dot-Aero Objections
  Internet addressing authorities over the weekend refuted accusations that the air travel industry is improperly limiting public access to the recently commissioned ".aero" Internet domain.
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11/20/2001

• NeuStar Takes Control Of America's '.us' Domain
  Washington-based NeuStar Inc. today officially took control of America's sovereign ".us" Internet addressing suffix.
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11/15/2001

• First '.Museum' Internet Addresses Go Live
  A handful of Internet addresses ending in ".museum" went live today, marking the official launch of the world's first "sponsored" global Internet addressing code.
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• ICANN: Board Delays Adoption Of New Governance Rules
  Internet addressing authorities on Thursday said that they would use the findings of a blue ribbon panel as a stepping off point for the debate over how and whether rank-and-file Internet users will be given a say in the oversight of the global Domain Name System (DNS).
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11/14/2001

• Singapore Plans Competition In Domain Name Registration
  Singapore could have a number of .sg domain name registrars competing for business next year, under a system put forth by the government-owned .sg domain name space manager.
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• ICANN: Expert Proposes Shift In Focus For Web Security
  Contending that the Internet's growing complexity makes absolute Internet security impossible, an electronic security expert today urged corporate security officials to take a different approach to safeguarding their systems and networks.
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• ICANN: U.S. Official Says Govt Should Stay Out Of Internet
  Five years ago, the United States government assumed disruption of the country’s communications infrastructure was beyond the capability of terrorists. The Sept. 11 attacks changed that, according to an official who works in the nation's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO)
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11/13/2001

• Japanese Tech Official Urges Enhanced Net Security
  A senior Japanese technology official today urged Internet addressing authorities to make the safety and security of the global Domain Name System (DNS) a top priority.
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• ICANN: Terrorist Attacks Change Focus To Security Of Web
  One of the first things that Internet addressing authorities must do to safeguard the security of the Web is assure themselves that their actions aren't actually opening new security holes, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Chairman Vinton Cerf said today
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11/12/2001

• Afilias Bids To Operate Australia's .Au Internet Domain
  Afilias - the company that operates the recently created ".info" Internet suffix - has submitted a bid to run Australia's sovereign ".au" domain on behalf of the Australian government and the Australian Domain Administration (auDA).
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11/09/2001

• ACLU Criticizes ICANN Leafleting Policy
  An apparent decision by the body that manages the Internet's worldwide addressing system to prohibit non-paying attendees from leafleting at an upcoming Los Angeles meeting prompted a scathing letter today from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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11/08/2001

• Singapore Govt Launches Domain Name Dispute System
  Singapore companies now have an alternative to the courts for the resolution of disputes over Internet addresses in a new national domain name dispute resolution policy.
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11/07/2001

• .biz Domains Open To All - If You Know Where To Look
  After delays and some legal problems, the Internet registry for the new top-level domain (TLD) known as ".biz" opened its doors to all comers early today, allowing anyone to grab addresses designed to represent Net-savvy businesses.
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• NeuLevel Reports Heavy .biz Registration Volume
  Internet users in the United States and abroad bought tens of thousands of ".biz" Web addresses in the hours immediately following the launch of the newly minted addressing suffix, according NeuLevel, the company that operates .biz.
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• Porsche Laps Mitsubishi In Race Against Cybersquatters
  Lawyers for Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may be scratching their heads this week after failing to outmaneuver the alleged cybersquatter behind the Internet address Mitsubishi-Motors.com at the same time that Germany's Porsche AG was rolling home with two wins over holders of Porsche- related domains - one of which wasn't even spelled correctly.
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• Jeepers, It Sure Was A Long Fight For Peepers.com
  A northern U.S. retailer of brand-name sunglasses and other eyewear says he's "ecstatic" to be able to keep his company's Peepers.com Internet domain after a trademark dispute that began in federal court more than two years ago and ended up in an arbitration-like forum designed specifically for squabbles over Internet addresses.
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11/06/2001

• ICANN Critics Oppose Governance Recommendations
  Critics of the organization charged with managing the Internet's worldwide addressing system today blasted a proposal ostensibly aimed at giving ordinary Internet users a say in the group's decision-making process.
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11/05/2001

• Australian firms rush .biz names
  More than 40,000 Australian businesses have lodged applications for the new .biz domain names, which are due to go live on the 7th after a month of delays
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• 3M's Cybersquatting Allegations Fail To Stick
  At 118th on the Fortune 500 list, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company raked in nearly $17 billion in sales last year. And, if it could have ponied up more than just $210 for three Internet domains bearing its famous "3M" moniker, it might also have snatched those addresses from a man it claimed was a cybersquatter.
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• Final ICANN Governance Decision Not Expected Until 2002
  A blue-ribbon panel today handed down its final recommendations for what role the online public should play in managing the Internet's worldwide addressing system, but the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may not act on those recommendations until sometime next year.
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11/02/2001

• NeuStar to provide domain for .kids of America
  .Kids domain to be part of .us after a change in US legislation taking the focus away from ICANN
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11/01/2001

• NeuStar named to administer revamped .us domain
  The Commerce Department selected NeuStar Inc. to run domain names ending in ".us." With the announcement comes the ability to get non-geographic addresses such as "clothingstore.us," rather than the more cumbersome "clothingstore.los-angeles.ca.us."
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• Bill would establish child-friendly Internet domain
  House lawmakers are considering having the government establish a kid-friendly Internet domain since the international body that governs domain names has refused to create a suffix for child-appropriate content.
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