According to a statement issued overnight, ICANN is “targeting 22 May 2012 as the intended reopening date for the TLD Application System.” “It is anticipated that the system would remain open for…
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ICANN Offers Full Refund To Any Applicant For A New gTLD Which Pulls Its App Before The Big Reveal
In an Announcement tonight, ICANN is offering to refund any applicant who has submitted and paid its fee for a new gTLD if they pull their application prior to the Big Reveal….
Beckstrom: ICANN May Deny New gTLD Applications If They Got An Unfair Advantage In Seeing Others Info
Rod Beckstrom the CEO of ICANN just told theHill.com, that applicants who looks at other applicants info in an attempt “to gain an unfair edge over their competitors” may have their own…
Breaking: ICANN 2,305 New gTLD Applications Received To Date; 2,091 Paid For
ICANN just announced tonight that when the TAS system was taken down there were 2,091 applications, either submitted or in progress. In addition, there were 214 potential applications that were registered prior…
Beckstrom Tells NationalJournal.com That Now The TAS Will “Track Users Every Keystroke”
In an interview that Rod Beckstrom just did with the Nationaljournal.com, Beckstrom said that the TAS system will “To prevent further problems, will now track users every keystroke.” Duh Wouldn’t that have…
ICANN TAS Update: 105 Applicants May Had File & User Names Viewed By Other Applicants
ICANN just issued another update on the TAS system and gave out some numbers this time. “”At the time we took the system offline, there were 1268 registered users and some 95,000…
11 Things I Learned From Reading ICANN’s 2013 Budget
ICANN published its draft budget last night and will open the public comment period on May 25th. It will approve the budget at the Prague ICANN meeting in June I went through…