Five guides for online activism now available in Macedonian and Albanian language
Google Street View faces citizens' reservation in EUWhile Google intends to go on mapping localities in Europe through its Street View system, several EU countries continue to show reluctance to this service due to privacy issues. ЕДРИ | 2.9.2010 |
French authority wants users to install spyware on their computersFrench Internet users could soon be required to install spyware on their PCs tracking down their searching habits and analysing the applications installed on their PCs, in order to prevent "file-sha... ЕДРИ | 1.9.2010 |
International team developing open source hospital information systemAn international team of software developers specialising in medical systems is working on a hospital information system. Свет | 31.8.2010 |
Spain: Andalusia government studying switch to open source desktopThe government of Andalusia, one of Spain's autonomous regions, is preparing to use a complete open source desktop environment. Свет | 30.8.2010 |
Azeri bloggers appeal rejected by the Supreme CourtThe Azerbaijani Supreme Court took a disturbing decision on 19 August 2010 rejecting the appeal by bloggers and activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade thus upholding the previous decisions taken by t... Свет | 26.8.2010 |
Google Testing 'Instant Search' FeatureEver since Microsoft launched Bing last year, Google has been implementing search features at a fairly rapid pace. According to a number of online reports, the company is currently testing an "instant... Свет | 25.8.2010 |
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| Biggest Expansion to Internet in Forty Years Approved for Implementation |
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Paris, France: The Board of ICANN today approved a
recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to
the Internet's addressing system.
"The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion of domain name choice and opportunity" said Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN. A final version of the implementation plan must be approved by the ICANN Board before the new process is launched. It is intended that the final version will be published in early 2009. "The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the Net," said Dr Twomey. "It's a massive increase in the 'real estate' of the Internet." Presently, users have a limited range of 21 top level domains to choose from — names that we are all familiar with like .com, .org, .info. This proposal allows applicants for new names to self-select their domain name so that choices are most appropriate for their customers or potentially the most marketable. It is expected that applicants will apply for targeted community strings such as (the existing) .travel for the travel industry and .cat for the Catalan community (as well as generic strings like .brandname or .yournamehere). There are already interested consortiums wanting to establish city-based top level domain, like .nyc (for New York City), .berlin and .paris. "One of the most exciting prospect before us is that the expanding system is also being planned to support extensions in the languages of the world," said Peter Dengate Thrush, ICANN's Chairman. "This is going to be very important for the future of the Internet in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia." The present system only supports 37 Roman characters. Upon approval of the implementation plan, it is planned that applications for new names will be available in the second quarter of 2009. Source: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) |