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Have a look at these news!
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2006/NOI_DNS_Transition_0506.htm
Those who speak German may want to check out:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/73517

In a nightmare vision worthy of a collapsing Tower of Babel, Gervase Markham, who works for the Mozilla Foundation, suggests that the internet might soon fracture into several pieces.
Check:
Times Online, Focus: China

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) as the registry of .CN ccTLD has issued a statement on recent report that China had created its own Top Level Domains, and might be planning to break away from ICANN and the DNS.
In a statement issued on Friday, CNNIC points out that the report is inaccurate and “the […]

“China adds top-level domain names”
That is the title of todays article by People’s Daily Online. It says:
China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has made adjustment to China’s Internet domain name system in accordance with Article 6 of China Internet Domain Names Regulations.
After the adjustment, “.MIL” will be added under the top-level domain (TLD) name of […]

“The Villain in the ICANN-VeriSign Struggle is the U.S. Government”, that is the title of a very intersting article by Michael Roberts, posted on Feb. 20, 2006 in CircleID.
Roberts gives a nice overview on the history of outsourcing the assignment of Internet domain names from the Networking Division of the National Science Foundation to […]

After strong opposition against the proposed VeriSign settlement and .com contract of October 2005, ICANN now posted a newly revised proposed set of agreements, which is still unacceptable.
The proposed settlement remains subject to final approval or disapproval of the ICANN Board.
ICANN’s At-Large Advisory Committee, looking after internet user’s interests and consumer protection, made the […]

Geneva. Today the Consultations on the Convening of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) started, which is going to take place in Greece, the 24th to the 26th October 2006. This meeting is result of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), where Internet Governance was identified as one of THE important issues of information […]

Dearest comrades and companions,
dear Sir or Madam,
the question of how Internet Governance is shaped is one of the central sociopolitical tasks of the coming years. It will be a matter of how consumers and Internet users can become involved in the policy making of ICANN.
We are all aware of how sorry the tale of direct […]

Das nächste ICANN-Meeting wird im März 2006 in Wellington, Neuseeland, stattfinden.
Nicht nur, dass es in Wellington echte Piguine gibt - die Neuseeländer haben sich dafür entschieden, die Domain Name Registry von “.nz” mit Linux zu betreiben und die Shared Registry System Software unter eine GNU General Public License zu stellen.
Vielleicht läßt sich ja […]

Nicht nur in Deutschland wird die Diskussion über Nebeneinkünfte und mögliche Bestechlichkeit geführt. Das Board hat im heutigen Public Forum festgestellt, dass es neue Regeln zur Transparenz seines finanziellen Engagements entwickeln will.
Ein Vorschlag des brasilianischen Board Mitglieds war, zu veröffentlichen, ob die jeweiligen Mitglieder Beratungsaufträge für Internet-Companies haben. Ich erwiderte, dass bei uns in […]