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Move over '.com' and get ready for '.hotel' or '.sports&#...
Come 2009, and almost any word will be able to replace ".com" in a Web page address - thanks to a decision made by the organization that manages the technical underpinnings of the Web, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN).
ICANN unanimously approved the new guidelines as weeklong meetings in Paris concluded. Come 2009, and almost any word will be able to replace ".com" in a Web page address - thanks to a decision made by the organ... more -
Hackers hijack sites of internet organizations
Turkish hackers broke into two of the most established international Websites that oversee and regulate the Internet in order to reroute visitors to a rogue domain, the New York Times reported Friday.
Two of the domains under attack include the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN, icann.org) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA (iana.org) -- two organizations that that have dominion over numerous critical functions regarding Internet regulation.
(More at link above) Turkish hackers broke into two of the most established international Websites that oversee and regulate the Internet in order to rerou... more -
Playboy.com => Playboy.XXX: Domain Regulations Could be Relaxed
The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed. The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.
If approved, it could allow companies to turn their brands into domain names while individuals could also carve out their own corner of the net.
The move could also see the launch of .xxx, after years of wrangling. Top level domains are currently limited to individual countries, such as .uk (UK) or .it (Italy), as well as to commerce, .com, and to institutional organisations, such as .net, or .org.
To get around the restrictions, some companies have used the current system to their own ends.
For example, the Polynesia island nation Tuvalu, has leased the use of the .tv address to many television firms.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which acts as a sort of regulator for the net as well as overseeing the domain name system, has been working towards opening up net addresses for the last three years... The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed. The net's regulators w... more -
Who Controls the Internet? The Perfect Answer is Everyone
The amazing architecture of the Internet ? all of its cables, servers and other structures ? is a complicated network that includes people and organizations such as ICANN, the Internet Society, the ITU, the UN and other groups. As governments and corporations struggle for control, the web of individuals who value an open Internet are working together to find ways to keep it free while also contending with key issues like internationalization, security and interoperability. As the Internet grows, various layers are continually added to make it useful while also increasing its speed, security and ability to carry data ? its architecture and the intricacies of its operation are becoming exponentially more complex. This video explaining critical Internet resources features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. The amazing architecture of the Internet ? all of its cables, servers and other structures ? is a complicated network that includes pe... more -
Assuring Diversity Online: All Languages, Cultures and Abilities
The internet was invented in the Western world, and it is currently dominated by Western culture and languages. How can we expand the scope and diversity of content online? How can we support more local, user-generated content? How can we assure that content reaches disabled people? The elderly? The illiterate? This video about assuring diverse Internet content and access for people of all abilities, languages and cultures features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. The internet was invented in the Western world, and it is currently dominated by Western culture and languages. How can we expand the ... more -
Coming Soon... http://例子.测试
The Internet is in the process of a fundamental transition, expanding from the traditional ASCII character URLs to include scripts of many world languages. Creating a true multilingual Internet is a monumental technical challenge that also brings up some important issues about the future of networked technology. This piece, produced by Imagining the Internet http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org , a project of Elon University's School of Communications, includes voices of many of the world's top experts, who discuss the advent of Internationalized Domain Names. The Internet is in the process of a fundamental transition, expanding from the traditional ASCII character URLs to include scripts of ... more
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