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After Major Downtime, ICANN TLD Applications Resume
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Following major downtime that halted ICANN’s application process for approving new gTLDs, the system was back in action on Monday. “The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can now log in, review...

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ICANN TLD Application System Back Online Following Glitch
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – ICANN’s structured plan for allowing organizations to apply for customized domain endings came to a sudden halt last week when the Internet authority detected a system glitch allowing unauthorized access to application data. At the time,...

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Companies Now Registering Dot-Brand Names
Monday, March 26th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently began accepting applications for dot-anything domain names. This means that companies like Apple may start operating websites that end in dot-Apple instead of dot-com. Utah-based DomainMarket.com...

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ICANN CEO Beckstrom Urges Change
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, today said that preserving ICANN’s ability to act independently in the public interest is paramount to the future of the Internet and the organization. “This is an exciting...

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ICANN Supports Second Application Window
Friday, February 10th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – ICANN’s Board of Directors has passed a resolution reaffirming the organization’s commitment to open a second round of applications for the New generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) Program as expeditiously as possible. “The important thing here is...

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ICANN Seeks Volunteers for TLD Evaluations
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012THN News  
PRESS RELEASE (The Hosting News) – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking volunteers who will assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD). “These volunteers will...

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ICANN Provides Update on Custom TLD Applications
Friday, January 20th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Just one week ago, ICANN, the influential Internet authority in charge of Internet Assigned Numbers began accepting applications for customized gTLDs (generic Top-Level Domains). The move allows entities to apply for whatever they’d like to use...

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ICANN’s Application Process Begins for Custom gTLDs
Thursday, January 12th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The start of 2012 brings with it a new factor that could possibly change the way people look at web addresses forever: The ability for websites to use their own customized gTLDs. What’s a gTLD? It’s...

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FTC Expresses Concern Regarding ICANN gTLD Plan
Monday, December 19th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – America’s top consumer protection watchdog the FTC recently expressed concern regarding ICANN’s gTLD plan that allows for customized domain suffixes. In June, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) passed the measure, allowing groups...

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ICANN Looks for Beckstrom’s Successor
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – ICANN, the organization in charge of internet oversight recently discussed the organization’s search for a new executive. ICANN notably oversees the IANA, the authority responsible IP address allocation. Stating that they’ve already met to discuss the...

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