Finding a domain name could be about to get dot-complicated. The global body charged with coordinating the Internet's naming system is accepting applications for what are called generic top-level ...

Assuming that the ICANN Board of Directors gives its final approval on June 20, Internet users will have their first opportunity to branch out beyond the familiar, limited set of Internet top-level ...

The group that runs the Internet's address system is extending by a week the deadline for applications to run a new top-level domain name such as .horse or .bank to compete with .com, .net and other ...

But what about the rare, high-impact opportunities you can’t predict? That’s where the 2026 application window for new ...

The Internet's governing body said this week that a glitch with the handling of attachments was the culprit behind the takedown of its domain name application system. The problem, however, also ...

Ben Jackson’s goal is to stymie people who develop phishing sites — misleading Web sites designed to steal people’s personal information. Jackson, a 26-year-old developer from New Bedford, Mass., who ...

The .rush is on -- and it may create the world wide weird. Proposals for Internet addresses ending in ".pizza," ".space" and ".auto" are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest ...

A domain name consists of the words that are used for locating sites on the Internet. For example, www.amazon.com is the domain name that locates Amazon. Many company owners use their company name or ...