Domain Names

  • I come to bury IAmCarbonatedMilk.com, not to praise it

    From BuyClamsOnline.com to billromanowskisucks.com, a stroll through the graveyard of defunct domain names offers a melancholy vision of really dumb hopes that were cruelly dashed.
    By Heather Cochran August 3, 2002

  • Esther Dyson defends ICANN

    The founding chairwoman of the Internet's governing institution explains why we have to work with what we've got, even if it isn't perfect.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 25, 2002

  • Nissan vs. Nissan

    Is a North Carolina businessman a cybersquatter unfairly pirating the car maker's brand name, or something even worse: A spammer of journalists?
    By Andrew Leonard June 3, 2002

  • Tilting at ICANN

    Karl Auerbach, elected to the Internet domain-name authority with a mandate from the people, explains why he is suing his own organization.
    By Damien Cave March 19, 2002

  • Cybersquatting among the ruins

    Before the second tower collapsed, the domain name land grab was already underway: From wtccollapse.com to nukeafghanistan.net.
    By Bryan Geon October 1, 2001

  • A Web of Babel

    Former ICANN chairwoman Esther Dyson says a new domain name system threatens to disrupt the Internet.
    By Damien Cave March 14, 2001

  • ICANN-oclast

    Get ready for a shake-up: Radical Karl Auerbach just got elected to the Internet's top governing body.
    By Damien Cave October 16, 2000

  • Candidate for the (Net) people

    Barbara Simons wants to make ICANN, the Internet's ultimate domain-name authority, less of a corporate lap dog.
    By Damien Cave October 6, 2000

  • The perils of anti-capitalism

    At a San Francisco art exhibit, trashing the new dot-com economy is harder than it should be.
    By Damien Cave September 25, 2000

  • Dot what?

    New top-level domain ideas for fun and profit -- or, well, at least fun.
    By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau September 15, 2000

  • 21st Challenge No. 36

    Dot what? New top-level domain names for fun, if not profit.
    By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau September 1, 2000

  • I want my own .tv

    The CEO of a company that administers the domain name for the island nation of Tuvalu thinks it could be more profitable than .com.
    By Damien Cave July 24, 2000

  • ICANN's double jeopardy

    Two more missteps by the agency watching over domain-name registration send critics into convulsions.
    By Damien Cave June 27, 2000

  • Network Solutions hijacked my domain name

    While the domain registrar is busy handing out URLs to thieves, I can't get access to the domain I own.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 19, 2000

  • Their names are legion

    The Verisign-Network Solutions deal shows how the scramble for domain-name turf has gone from frenzy to insanity.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 10, 2000

  • Is VeriSign a network solution?

    Will the security specialist succeed in providing soup-to-nuts services for Web sites?
    By Damien Cave March 8, 2000

  • Dot-com addiction

    The resolution of a few domain-name disputes offers some breathing room in the crowded Net name arena. But is it enough?
    By Damien Cave February 16, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    Are American voters ignorant -- or just apathetic? Plus: Shuttling blame for declining sex drive; polluting Bob Marley's legacy
    Letters to the Editor December 1, 1999

  • Toy story

    Between "eToys" and "etoy" lies more than a letter's difference.
    By Mark Gimein November 30, 1999

  • Trapped in a health net

    A domain name dispute rages between a big HMO and a tiny nonprofit that links together third world health-care providers.
    By Andrew Leonard November 22, 1999

  • 21st Challenge No. 27 Results

    Yachoo, Yaltavista and other "re-branded" sites.
    By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau October 26, 1999

  • Domain name dunces

    Network Solutions fumbles its free e-mail scheme. Can we trust it with our Net addresses?
    By Scott Rosenberg September 21, 1999

  • Prankster gives away Excite's domain

    Network Solutions transferred two domain names to an unsuspecting network administrator on Tuesday night.
    By Janelle Brown July 14, 1999

  • The scandal domain name game

    The scandal domain name game: By Patrick J. Shields. Viewed through the lens of domain registrations, Monicagate looks tawdry in a whole new way.
    By Patrick J. Shields February 11, 1999

  • 21st Log: Brief reports and tidbits from the info-sphere.

    Prank takes down anti-impeachment site; Id's Carmack loves, hates the Mac; The truth about Chinese movie-title translations; Haiku error messages surface in Microsoft courtroom!
    By Salon Tech Writers January 11, 1999
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