Domain name group plans China office

The Domain name group plans a satellite office in China, home of world's largest internet population.

Religious spat in cyberspace

Centuries-old theological disputes have broken out in cyberspace as religions aim to influence the future presentation of faith on the internet.

• US seizes pirate website domains
• Brands fight porn domain squatting
• 2 000 web suffix applications received

2 000 web suffix applications received

The body in charge of website domain names has unveiled 2 000 applications for new web suffixes, including .music, .miami and .insurance, raising $352m in application fees.

• N America head bids for new web suffixes
• Icann to annouce new web names soon
• New web suffix bids include .lol

New web suffix bids include .lol

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will announce a full list of new internet suffixes in the web expansion programme.

• Icann to annouce new web names soon
• 'Oops': Glitch forces extension for new suffixes
• Another delay in domain name expansion

Another delay in domain name expansion

There is another delay in efforts to create hundreds of internet address suffixes to join ".com" and others in use.

• 'Oops': Glitch forces extension for new suffixes
• Doubts over internet name 'revolution'
• Brands fight porn domain squatting

Brands fight porn domain squatting

Within three months of the launch of the domain ".xxx", 10 cases have been launched against pirates registering the names of reputable companies and people.

• Porn industry gets own .xxx domain
• China shuts blogs for porn, vulgarity
• Internet porn domain goes live

Internet domain name expansion slammed

A plan to expand the number of internet domain names has come under fire in the US Congress.

• Internet porn domain goes live
• Internet braces for not-coms
• Icann approves new web suffixes

Icann approves new web suffixes

The Icann has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes by companies, enabling firms to replace ".com" with their own brand.

• Internet braces for not-coms
• Icann meets over web addresses
• Domain '.xxx' approved for web porn

New internet addresses tested

A worldwide test of the next generation of internet addresses is under way to replace the dwindling reservoir of numbers in the original system.

• Internet traffic to quadruple by 2015
• Mobile advertising in SA to double
• Ex-Google CEO: 'I screwed up'

Icann meets over web addresses

Icann has met to discuss expanding the list of top level domain names and a new generation of internet protocol addresses.

• Internet addresses 'to be used up'
• SA ready for 'new' internet

Chinese script gets go on web

The internet will soon be a lot more accessible for more than a billion people after Icann gave the green light for the use of Chinese script.

• China renews Google license
• Chinese study slams Facebook
• China lashes out at 'vulgar' ads

Porn web suffix to go ahead

The company that oversees web addresses is expected to give the go-ahead for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content.

• Web surfers paid to find porn
• Ban porn on SA cells, internet - dept
• No .xxx decision yet

Web breaks language barrier

The use of non-Latin characters in internet addresses is a key step to opening up the web and making it more "personalised", the head of Icann has said.

• Non-Latin web names authorised
• No .xxx decision yet
• Web addresses worldwide at last

Non-Latin web names authorised

Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to win preliminary approval for internet addresses written in their native scripts.

• Web addresses worldwide at last
• Internet set for major change
• Full Icann chart