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Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations: “Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet’s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Ankle-biting hackers storm net’s overlords, hijack their domains: “

IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz

The websites of two of the net’s most critical oversight organizations were hijacked by Turkish hackers who sent visitors to rogue pages that challenged the overseers’ authority.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

ICANN approves customized top-level domains: “

Don’t like .com? How about .thispagerocks?

ICANN, the organization that oversees internet addresses, will soon allow anyone to apply for his very own generic top-level domain (gTLD). In other words, you’ll soon have the power to put almost anything at the end of your url, eschewing existing top-level domains such as ‘.com’ or ‘.edu.’…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

Internet overhaul wins approval: “A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris.”

(Via BBC News.)

Internet shake-up: “What do the planned changes mean?”

(Via BBC News.)

Crucial vote on internet’s future: “The net could see its biggest change in decades if plans to open up the address system are approved.”

(Via BBC News.)

‘Shake-up’ for internet proposed: “The net could see its biggest change in decades if plans to open up the address system are approved this week.”

(Via BBC News.)