More than 100 million URLs have already been identified and purchased. So new business owners who want a specific URL must cough up big bucks for the name they want — or try a more creative naming ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, is about to throw open the floodgates to new top-level domain names. While most security experts have criticized the change, one ...

Organisations hoping to get involved in the most radical change in the history of web addressing have until the end of today (April 12) to submit applications. The change, being organised by US quango ...

The 15-member board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), meeting in Seoul, South Korea, voted unanimously Friday to allow scripts other than Latin characters in domain ...

Everyone knows about ".net," ".com," ".org," and ".edu," but there are dozens of other web names available. Some big name companies are disputing over who can have which web names. The company coming ...

The deal for the internet domain for nonprofit organizations had set off fierce opposition. By Steve Lohr Start-ups want unusual internet addresses to help stand out. One winner: The island of ...