US Department of Commerce Doesn't Like ICANN's New Domain Plan (CircleID)ICANN's authority to manage top level of the DNS comes from a two-year Joint Project Agreement (JPA) signed with the US Department of Commerce in 1997, since extended seven times, most recently until September 2009. Since the DoC can unilaterally cancel the JPA which would put ICANN out of the DNS business, when DoC speaks, ICANN listens.
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U.S. government urges caution over ICANN domain name expansion (Geek.com) Back in June of this year ICANN proposed plans to relax the rules on top level domain names. Companies and individuals would therefore be allowed to create and run any domain they wish for a price. Such plans could lead to the introduction of .apple, .cola and .geek to name a few examples. The U.S. government [...]
Moon Lust: Will International Competition or Cooperation Return Humans to the Moon? (Scientific American) When Apollo 8 launched for the moon in 1968, the heavens were primarily the domain of the two superpowers. Today space has been opened to myriad nations by vast technological advances and increased international cooperation. A telling example of the new celestial order came two months ago when India launched its first moon mission, the unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft. The satellite, now in ...