Today marks a milestone in the history of the internet as ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has rolled out a system that allows full domain names with no Latin characters in them. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first three countries to benefit from this advancement, while [...]

Have a look at some of the big stories about the Internet so far this week. Here are a few headlines and links: Rank outsider sues Google over zero score Music industry to sue Yahoo China UK lawsuit proceeds against Russian MP3 site Image-based spam on the rise Yesterday, I promoted the opportunity for people [...]

With the US reviewing the role of ICANN at the end of July, it seems we all have a very small window of opportunity to have our own say on who should run the Internet and how. Both ICANN and the NTIA – an arm of the US government’s department of commerce are illiciting the [...]