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  • US government renews ICANN contract

    The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that coordinates Net addressing until 2011.

  • ICANN under fire--again

    Lawmakers are calling for hearings, consumer groups are up in arms, and directors are attacking each other in increasingly nasty ways.

  • ICANN in Egypt: Taking the Net abroad

    Cairo, Egypt -- ICANN is meeting here this week to decide whether to create more top-level domain names such as .firm, .shop or even .sucks. The organization is also looking at how to elect general members of the worldwide board that doles out such domains.

  • Should the United Nations run the Internet?

    The United Nations wants to expand its influence over the Internet, but would it be wise to let that happen?

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