domain name system News

domain name system News From AOL News

Domain '.xxx' Approved for Web Porn Sites

SAN FRANCISCO -- You've heard of ".com" and ".org." Joining them soon will be their bawdy cousin: ".xxx." On Friday, the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet's naming system, approved the creation of a red-light district online for pornographic...

domain name system News From AOL

ENGADGET

Google springs for .lol, .youtube domains, we wonder if it's going TLD .crazy

Google just can't wait until ICANN reveals custom domain name bids in mid-June to say what it's trying to buy -- and it's clear that Mountain View went on a shopping spree.

TECHCRUNCH EUROPE

Google Applies for .Google, .Docs, .YouTube and .LOL Top-Level Domains

Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) closed its window for new generic top-level domain name applications.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Ushering in the Dot-NGO Boom: Protecting the Online Interests of Non-Governmental Organizations

That's all it takes to truly make an impact for global communities online.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Brian Cute: Bursting The Dot-Com Bubble: Time For A Dot-Ngo Boom

That's all it takes to truly make an impact for global communities online.

AOL MONEY & FINANCE

ICANN resumes bids for new Internet suffixes

NEW YORK -The organization overseeing a major expansion of Internet address suffixes hopes to resume taking proposals on May 22 following a technical glitch that shut down its computer system for weeks.

domain name system News From the Web

06/03/12 Domain Name News Source: The Portugal News FCCN , the Portuguese registry operator of .
06/03/12 India Inc seeks .tata, .infosys as address Source: The Economic Times - India Applications for these names can only be made by internet domain name registrars accredited by ICANN.
06/03/12 Will your Internet die on July 9? Source: The Norman Transcript - Norman OK The Internet itself will not die on July 9.
06/03/12 Warren historic district effort progresses Source: The Sierra Vista Herald - Sierra Vista AZ The effort to establish Warren as a national historic district is moving forward with just a few details left to finish.
06/02/12 IPv6 & IPv4 Will Co-Exist for a Long Time Source: InternetNewsBureau.com (INB) VeriSign, operator of root DNS servers and the .com and .net registries, has a unique role to play when it comes to IPv6. VeriSign sees traffic coming in as DNS queries and as record updates for domains.

Background on domain name system

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network.

more at wikipedia »