The Internet as a Democratic Utility

In the wake of our recent news that .ORG has officially registered 7 million domains, some comments made to CNN by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark this week really resonated with me. The article, entitled "Internet Can Strengthen Democracy" discusses many of the same issues we have found to be the driving forces behind .ORG's consistent year-over-year growth -- community building, interaction, and inclusivity. more»

Did We Miss ICANN's Reply?

On July 29, the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and Public Interest Registry (PIR) sent out a joint letter to ICANN asking it to consider the interests of the end-users as core to its policies in Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) implementation... As of today's date, August 21, 2008, we have yet to receive even an acknowledgement of receipt of our letter... more»

Marshal Integrates Cloudmark Technology, Providing Faster and More Consistent Spam Detection

Integrated email and Internet content provider Marshal and Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, has announced a partnership to integrate Cloudmark's best-of-breed message filtering technology into the new SpamProfiler layer of Marshal's multilayered Defense-in-Depth Anti-Spam Engine. more»

ICANN Opens 26th International Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco

The meeting, which runs until June 30th, sees stakeholders from the technical community, business and government and civil society, participate in over 30 meetings and workshops. more»

ICANN Opens 25th International Meeting in Wellington, New Zealand

ICANN's 25th International meeting officially opens in Wellington, New Zealand today. These meetings constitute an essential part of ICANN's global consensus-development and outreach efforts. more»

Domain Roundtable Welcomes Special Guest Keynote President/CEO of ICANN, Paul Twomey

Emerging domain industry event, Domain Roundtable Conference, hosted by Name Intelligence, announces Paul Twomey, President of ICANN, to be welcoming attendees in a Special Event Keynote Session on first day of conference, April 19, 2006. more»

Letter from ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf to GAC Chairman

ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf has written to the Chairman of the ICANN’s Government Advisory Committee (GAC), Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, proposing a special meeting of the GAC and the ICANN Board during the Board’s upcoming meeting in Vancouver to discuss what measures can be taken to make our cooperation more effective, including ensuring the participation of developing countries. more»