ICANN

  • The Internet is falling, the Internet is falling!

    Balkanization, fragmentation ... cyberspace is doomed!
    By Andrew Leonard January 20, 2006

  • Thanks, VeriSign, for breaking the Internet

    The Internet registrar's decision to appropriate all the Net's misspelled domain names for itself is a bogus, greedy power grab.
    By Andrew Leonard September 17, 2003

  • 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

  • It's time for ICANN to go

    John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.
    By Damien Cave July 2, 2002

  • The end of the revolution

    "Ruling the Root" documents the sorry tale of how the Internet was brought to heel.
    By Andrew Leonard June 14, 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

  • The saga of Sucks.com

    As the owner of Jennifer
    Lopezsucks.com, Microsoft
    sucks.com and about 600 similar domains, Dan Parisi is the master of all things sucky. So far the courts are respecting his empire.
    By Amy Standen June 25, 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
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