Archive for September, 2008

10 Years of ICANN (CircleID)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was officially incorporated on 30 September 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, United States, ICANN was assigned to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks originally performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government by other organizations, such as the Internet Assigned ...

10 Years of ICANN (CircleID)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was officially incorporated on 30 September 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, United States, ICANN was assigned to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks originally performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government by other organizations, such as the Internet Assigned ...

10 Years of ICANN

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was officially incorporated on 30 September 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, United States, ICANN was assigned to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks originally performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government by other organizations, such as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Back in 1998, there was only one domain name registrar; now there are over

Domain Hosting Promotion by DotSter

Monday, September 29th, 2008
Dotster is a leading domain registrar, offering a host of internet services, domain name registration, VPS and shared hosting plans, custom website design, SEO and more.

Scammers Faking Godaddy’s ICANN Confirmation Mails

Monday, September 29th, 2008
The last few weeks have seen Godaddy mail multiple requests asking customers to double check their domain name contact details to “ensure accuracy”. The emails are worded something like this: It’s that time of year again. ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) annually requires that all accredited registrars (like Go Daddy) ask their domain administrators/registrants to review domain name contact data, and make any changes necessary to ensure accuracy. According to ou