The US is wrestling with the rest of the world for control of the internet. The ‘net as we know it could be a victim of the struggle.
Geo-location technology can be used to block online content within a specified area in the world, thereby allowing for differences in national laws.
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Mark Skilton, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
The launch of the .London domain name has been accompanied by a great deal of hype but the change is more than just cosmetic. This is a real opportunity for smaller organisations to make their mark in…
Mark your territory now. It’s about to kick off online.
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More than 1,000 new generic top-level domain names – the part of an internet address that comes after the “dot” – are being rolled out by the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It’s…
Heard and McDonald Islands: no one lives there but they still have a domain name.
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Claiming to be a country is an easy task. But to make others accept your claim is a lot harder. Aspiring states need favours from great powers, or sometimes even celebrities, to establish their legitimacy…
Is a custom domain name worthy of your attention and love?
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At 11 o'clock this morning (Melbourne time), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) started accepting applications for custom top-level domain (TLD) names. Simply put, this means…