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Worlds in Transition: IT in Eastern Europe

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Only 15 years ago, we watched in amazement while the rusty iron curtain collapsed and the formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe embarked on new lives in the global market. For most of us, this neglected region stretching from the Baltic to the Balkans then retreated to the fringes of our attention. Yet the region…

ICANN, VeriSign Settle Domain Dispute

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Internet’s governing body has agreed to settle several outstanding lawsuits involving domain registrar VeriSign, an agreement that will keep that company in charge of the key dot-com domain until 2012. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said the settlement is still subject to a final vote of approval from its Board…

ICANN Changes Course on ‘.XXX’ Domain

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Raising the possibility that it will change course once again on a hotly debated move meant to give adult content Web sites their own Internet realm, the net’s governing body has decided to shelve a plan to discuss how to create a “.xxx” domain. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had intended…

China Looks to Master Its Own Domains

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Chinese government this week indicated it was tired of waiting for the U.S.-controlled International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to come up with Chinese character versions of .com and other top level domains (TLDs), and instead will create the domains on its own. News of the strategy was a cause of concern…

Silicon Prairie May Be Fertile Ground for Emerging Homeland Security Biz

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Silicon Valley — the sprawling suburbs of San Francisco and San Jose — first emerged during the 1960s as a prime location for the Pentagon to conduct research and development work during the Cold War. Will the Silicon Prairie — the stretch of land between Chicago and downstate Champaign-Urbana — serve the same function for…

Industry Welcomes EPA’s Plan for PC Monitor Disposal

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week approved a new framework to regulate the disposal of old computer monitors with cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and aged TVs loaded with mercury, a move that is being applauded by the computer industry. “CEA agrees with the EPA’s statement that a CRT not recycled is an opportunity lost,”…

Internet Patriarch Cerf Leaves ICANN, Sets Sights on Space Web

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Vinton Cerf, known by many as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, will be stepping down at the end of this week as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Cerf, who is also Google’s vice president and chief Internet evangelist, has served for three consecutive…

EU Commissioner Urges US to Cut ICANN’s Umbilical Cord

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Internet is an American invention, and the governing body that assigns domain names to Web sites around the world has had its roots in the U.S. (California, no less.) However, it’s time for ICANN — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — to go “global” in every sense of the word, according…

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