Who should control the Internet? House votes ‘No’ on U.N.

The House unanimously passed a Senate resolution calling on the U.S. government to oppose UN control of the Internet.

.XXX was just the beginning — get ready for 1934 new top level domains

Microsoft wants .docs, .windows, and .xbox. Amazon -- and 12 other applicants -- wants .app. Seven different companies want .love.

Former ICANN CEO calls on hackers to keep the Internet free from regulation

The dust from SOPA and PIPA is settling, but the hacker community knows that it canbe kicked up again at any moment. In the run up to WCIT, the World Conference on Telecommunications, former ICANN chief executive Rod Beckstrom called …

When .xxx isn’t enough: Google, Apple, and Amazon push for the next set of top-level domains

Attention beloved top-level domains .com, .net. and .xxx: get ready for a lot of company.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today unveiled the massive list of applications made for the next set of top-level domains (TLDs).…

ICANN opens the floodgates on top-level domains

ICANN, a nonprofit overseeing IP address spaces, voted Monday to approve extending the number of available top-level domain extensions, or TLDs. No longer will companies and organizations be restricted to the 22 existing extensions like .com, .edu, .org.

The move …