By: Develops.mobi » .XXX is Back on the Radar Screen

Develops.mobi » .XXX is Back on the Radar Screen — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:54:46 +0000

[...] Internet Zombies – Today on Dave Farber’s IP list, someone revived the ancient argument that ICANN imposes limits on the number of top level domains (TLDs) because to have more than a few will cause DNS to wobble and cause the internet to collapse. Although long discredited, that argument hangs around like a zombie. ICANN has never been able to adduce a shred of proof that there is anything to support that assertion… more….XXX is Back on the Radar Screen – The DoC seems to have finally realized it went too far by using ICANN to serve the interests of some conservative groups, as mentioned in a previous post. The new story is now that the ICANN board did not reject the .XXX application as such, but only the agreement negotiated between ICM Registry and the ICANN staff at that time. How subtle these things are… more…The .travel Sponsored Rickshaw Run is Underway – Living up to each adventure travelers’ expectations, the first-ever .travel sponsored Rickshaw Run is providing more thrills than participants had imagined. more…Resignation of Public Interest Registry President and CEO Announcement – Viltz has been the organization’s president and CEO since February 2003. Effective 1 January 2007, Eva Frölich, chair of the PIR board of directors, will serve as acting CEO until a replacement is named. more…Earthquake in Asia, Spam Plummets – An earthquake on Tuesday near Taiwan caused widespread disruption to telephone and Internet networks. The quake affected an area of the sea bottom with a lot of undersea cables that broke, and since there is only a limited number of cable repair ships, it will take at least weeks to fish them up and splice them. more… [...]

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