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This.sucks for companies

Mar 17, 2015
ICANN's decision to allow all sorts of new new domain suffixes is causing a stir in corporate circles.

The government's getting out of the Internet business

Mar 17, 2014
It's not magic fueling marketplace.org, says the CEO of ICANN.

For sale: the domain-name mutualfunds.com. Asking price: $1 million or more.

Nov 21, 2013
At auction tonight, the domain name won't break 2013's record unless it fetches more than$4.7 million.

Behind the names and numbers of the Internet

Aug 15, 2013
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN -- the organization in charge of assigning names and numbers to Internet addresses -- talks about changes coming ahead for domain names and websites.

Coming soon: .beer, .love and even .unicorn

Jun 15, 2012
The list of applications for new top level domains has been released. What'll the rush of new web addresses mean to you?

For public good, not for profit.