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InternetNews August 17, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN, DoC Hit Refresh on Net Contract The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the U.S. Department of Commerce inked a five-year contract, renewing a deal in which the nonprofit group had managed technical details of the Internet since 1998.
InternetNews March 1, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	VeriSign Holds .com Control in ICANN Deal VeriSign is poised to maintain control of the .com registry until at least 2012, maybe even longer.
InternetNews October 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN's Deal Could Prove Costly ICANN's proposed agreement with VeriSign could result in fee hikes that will likely get passed to .com domain owners.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute VeriSign reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers over a lawsuit filed by the company in 2004.
InternetNews October 2, 2006 Clint Boulton	ICANN Beginning to Smell Control The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to relax its control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers as part of a new contract to replace the "highly prescriptive" one that expired Saturday.
InternetNews December 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN's Small Step Toward .Asia ICANN's board of directors gave a a provisional thumbs-up for .asia, but is saving the final word on .xxx and its proposed .com agreement for another day.
InternetNews November 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	VeriSign Still .Com Master With a few small amendments, the Dept. of Commerce finally approves the deal that allows VeriSign to retain control of .com until 2012.
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign, ICANN Sued Over .com The World Association of Domain Name Developers and the Coalition for ICANN Transparency come out swinging with lawsuits to block the proposed .com agreement.
Entrepreneur July 2003 Mark Henricks	Where's Big Brother? Orwell's nightmare won't be coming to the Internet anytime soon.
Search Engine Watch July 27, 2000 Danny Sullivan	New Domain Names Coming Yes, it looks like new top level domain names may finally be coming -- but what they will be, how they will be assigned, and whether they will actually be used remains undecided. So, don't panic.
InternetNews March 8, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Says Yes to WLS The board of directors at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the next implementation of VeriSign's Waitlisting Service (WLS), a controversial domain name service that has sparked a number of lawsuits.
Salon.com July 2, 2002 Damien Cave	It's time for ICANN to go John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.
Salon.com July 25, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Esther Dyson defends ICANN The founding chairwoman of the Internet's governing institution explains why we have to work with what we've got, even if it isn't perfect.
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Again Nixes .xxx Domain ICANN votes against .xxx election, but one board member says the group is bowing to government pressure in the process.
InternetNews February 28, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	VeriSign/ICANN Deal Worth Over $3 Billion? Registrar alleges that VeriSign will reap billions in revenue from ICANN deal for the dot com registry.
InternetNews July 19, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Moves Toward Self-Rule Executives say they have completed nearly one-third of the requirements necessary to break off from the Department of Commerce and self-govern.
InternetNews October 7, 2005 Roy Mark	House Backs U.S. ICANN Stand Commerce Committee says Internet governance too important to turn over to United Nations.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	ICANN Heading to a Fork in the Road With its agreement with the U.S. government expiring in September, Internet governance body could be headed for a shakeup.
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Still Has Keys to ICANN The United States will eventually transfer oversight of the Internet domain naming system to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Salon.com March 14, 2001 Damien Cave	A Web of Babel Former ICANN chairwoman Esther Dyson says a new domain name system threatens to disrupt the Internet...
Wired December 2000 Chip Bayers	Mission Impossible Esther Dyson tried to make ICANN - the fledgling international agency charged with managing the global domain name system - into a model of frictionless governance. Guess what happened...
Information Today March 12, 2001 Wallace Koehler	Recent Trends Result in a New Status for VeriSign On March 1, VeriSign, Inc. announced an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that will redefine VeriSign's role as an Internet registrar and registry...
InternetNews October 1, 2009	ICANN's Affirmation Agreement Wins Praise Hailed by many in the Internet community, the split of ICANN from the U.S. government could also be one huge "monkey wrench."
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Domain Group Gets Injunction Hearing The Coalition for ICANN Transparency will get its day in court to try and stop ICANN and VeriSign from signing a .com agreement.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Economy Is Down but Domain Business Is Up VeriSign reports that its revenues rose on the strength of increasing domain and SSL registrations.
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmakers Press ICANN Chief on Accountability Paul Twomey is on the defensive as lawmakers, industry executives blast ICANN for lack of accountability and transparency.
InternetNews September 22, 2006 Roy Mark	ICANN to Stay American For Now The United States will continue its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers after the current Memorandum of Understanding expires next week.
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	ICANN Gives Asia Its Dot In a move reflecting the growing Asian flavor of the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday approved the first top-level domain registry based in the Asia-Pacific region.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Backs Off Internet Governance An 11th hour agreement potentially resolves the United Nations' hopes for Internet governance control.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Another Triple-X Shot For ICANN The oft-discussed .xxx top level domain is once again on ICANN's radar.
Salon.com June 14, 2002 Andrew Leonard	The end of the revolution "Ruling the Root" documents the sorry tale of how the Internet was brought to heel.
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	ICANN Appoints New CEO Former director of U.S. National Cybersecurity Center takes the lead of the Internet's top governing body.
InternetNews July 1, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. To Keep Control of Internet DNS The Dept. of Commerce reverses the policy of ceding governance control to ICANN.
InternetNews November 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	A Kink in .Travel Plans Roughly 175 million people are going to be mightily confused if, and when, ICANN approves the travel industry's TLD.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Domain Prices Set to Rise ICANN comes to new terms with VeriSign on long-running disputes, including domain pricing.
InternetNews August 31, 2004 Jim Wagner	VeriSign Renews ICANN Fight in Cali The registry takes its fight to the state after getting nowhere in federal court.
InternetNews March 27, 2006 David Miller	ICANN Tackles Future of Internet The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 25th International meeting officially opened on Monday in Wellington, New Zealand.
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mike Hogan	The Pull for Pull ICANN is tightening its grip on uncontested control over Internet domains.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Revised ICANN, VeriSign Deal Still Uncertain Comment period ends, but opposition to the deal remains. What happens now? The future of the Internet quite literally hangs in the air.
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Mark D. McLaughlin	Guest Commentary: The Reliable Internet? The Internet needs to be reliable, says the senior vice president and general manager of VeriSign Internet Services. Is it?
The Motley Fool July 20, 2010 Eric Dutram	Could Legal Troubles at VeriSign Doom IIH? Investors in the Internet Infrastructure HOLDR should be watching the developments in the VeriSign case very carefully; IIH currently holds almost 50% of its assets in VeriSign.
InternetNews January 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	The .Net Race Is On Between now and March, .net manager hopefuls will have to convince a review board -- and the world -- that they are the best choice for the domain.
InternetNews December 14, 2010	ICANN Shelves .XXX Domain, gTLDs ICANN postpones long-anticipated approval of new generic Top Level Domain system and .XXX domain as world governments raise concerns.
InternetNews March 14, 2011	ICANN To Vote on .XXX Domain After years of delay, the domain oversight board may finally vote on an adult-only domain, amid larger agenda items pertaining to generic top level domains.
Searcher February 2001 Wallace Koehler	ICANN and the New 'Magnificent Seven' A look at the 7 new top level domains and how they were chosen.
InternetNews August 13, 2004 Jim Wagner	Tom Barrett, CEO and President, PW Registry As the owner of both a registry and registrar, Barrett provides a unique perspective on who should foot the bill for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) ever-increasing budget.
InternetNews March 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	ICANN Fleshes Out Global Ambitions The Internet's governing body lays out the organization's plans for the future.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	False WHOIS Data Still Bedevils The database holding the contact information for registered domain names is still plagued with inaccurate entries, a problem that's the root cause for much of the Web-based trickery on the Internet.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. 'Net Plan Could Stall ICANN's U.N. proposals could stymie ICANN's global ambitions. Plans range from replacing ICANN to building an inter-governmental council alongside or within ICANN.