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The U.S. will lose influence over the Internet due to a new agreement expected to take effect Wednesday.The deal, which appears to give foreign governments more say in how the global network is run, has come under criticism from lobbyists for U.S. business and lawmakers who want to preserve U.S. oversight over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).Related Posts:CNET: New ICANN policy stops domain tastingMost firms unaware of Web domain changes: ReutersComputer World: Wi

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body responsible for managing Internet domain names, has announced it will no longer be controlled by the U.S. government. ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce signed an agreement today supporting the model of international multi-stakeholder governance of the global Internet addressing system. ICANN was created in 1998 to manage the Internet's addressing system such as top-level domain-names and IP address space. The g

The Joint Project Agreement (JPA), the agreement under which ICANN has operated under since its inception expires today with the United States. ICANN released the”Affirmation of Commitments” which replaces the JPA starting tomorrow. Basically the US is giving up sole and full control over ICANN and sharing it with “the world” We predicted this would happen late last year in our predictions for 2009 . What does this mean for the domainer community? For one it give a huge boost to the .

Weycrest have introduced Whois Privacy for Domains Names . This is sometimes known as private domains or private registrations. One of the issues of registering your domain is that your personal data, address, email etc is stored in the WHOIS database for all to see. This isn’t normally a problem, however some customers were concerned about identity theft issues. So now we are registering certain domains with privacy turned on by default, and customers can remove this if they wish. It is an

Talk to any Internet marketer, and he (or she) will tell you: Naming your new online presence is just as important as learning how to build a website. But that begs the question: What is a domain name anyway? To many Internet users the answer is simple: “It’s what you type in the address bar.” Yes, but what is it? Here is a good working definition of domain name: It’s a label that serves as a marker for Internet content. Think of it as the Internet’s equivalent of a telephone number. When some