A lot of interesting ICANN-related news links on Google News today, figured I'd just forward the whole thing to the list.<div>Best,</div><div>R<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:sans-serif">
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Internet lords prepare to untangle web they wove</a><br>
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Founded in 1998, <b>ICANN</b> manages the internet's addressing system, so it wields significant influence over the direction of the web. <b>...</b><br>
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Congress: Create Permanent Tie to <b>ICANN</b></a><br>
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Chairman of its Internet Subcommittee and eight other Committee members have called for a permanent tie between <b>ICANN</b> and the US Department of Commerce. <b>...</b><br>
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Vendor Gives Away Free CRM and Help Desk Software to Charitable <b>...</b></a><br>
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Established in 2001 and now with more than 30000 customers including the likes of FedEx, John Deere and <b>ICANN</b>, Kayako is one of the largest vendors of help <b>...</b><br>
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Lawmakers Back Permanent US Involvement With <b>ICANN</b></a><br>
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With an agreement between the US and <b>ICANN</b> set to expire Sept. 30 and some <b>ICANN</b> members clamoring for independence from the US, Reps. <b>...</b><br>
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ResellerClub to exhibit at hostingcon09</a><br>
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resellerclub, one of the largest <b>ICANN</b> accredited registrars, today announced that it will be exhibiting at hostingcon'09, the premier conference and trade <b>...</b><br>
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When It Comes to gTLDs, Follow the Money (Part 2)</a><br>
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By R. Shawn Gunnarson In my previous article I showed that <b>ICANN</b> expects to recover a lot of money from the first round of applications for new generic <b>...</b><br>
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Groups battle to rule dot-eco registry</a><br>
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Bowden, along with Jacob Malthouse and Anastasia O'Rourke, heard a few years ago that the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers, <b>ICANN</b>, <b>...</b><br>
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<b>ICANN</b> introduces new domain name programmes at meeting in Abu Dhabi</a><br>
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<b>ICANN's</b> new Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) programme and the generic top-level-domain (gTLD) programme reflect the growing ubiquity of the Internet on <b>...</b><br>
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Gorbachev's Green Cross Org Backs Competiting Dot Eco Effort</a><br>
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<b>ICANN</b> (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which oversees new applicants for domain extensions, has yet to decide if .ECO will even exist, <b>...</b><br>
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