Stories by Loek Essers

ICANN keeps control over IANA Internet root

The U.S. NTIA has awarded ICANN the mandate to manage the assignment of IP addresses and the management of top-level domains until September 2015, the government agency announced on Monday.

Report: Dutch government was unprepared for SSL hack

The Dutch government was unprepared to handle an SSL hack that caused the government's communication infrastructure to be vulnerable for months, the Dutch Safety Board said in report on Thursday. Because the government was unable to replace the certificates immediately, citizen and company data was left unsecured, the board said.

Open source webOS Community Edition released for TouchPads

Hewlett-Packard has released an open source version of webOS that can be used on legacy TouchPad tablets, the Open webOS project team announced on Tuesday. The "Community Edition" enables users to learn how the TouchPad works and how to modify the device.

EURid presents YADIFA, a new DNS server for large organizations

EURid, the registry for the .eu domain, has developed a new open source DNS (domain name server) called YADIFA as an alternative to existing DNS software such as BIND or Name Server Daemon (NSD). YADIFA is faster, more efficient and could be used by ISPs and big companies, EURid's CTO said on Tuesday.

ICANN suspends Digital Archery contest for gTLD program

ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery contest part of its new Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program, which was destined to decide which gTLD applications would be handled first, the organization announced on Saturday. The future of this application process is still to be determined, ICANN said during a news conference in Prague on Monday.

Danish ISPs agree to move in concert to block rights-infringing content

Danish ISPs have agreed that if one service provider is ordered by a court to block a website or copyrighted content, all ISPs will do the same, the Danish Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday. Licensees only have to take legal action against one service provider to get a country-wide blockade.

Google project aims to document endangered languages

Google has cooperated with universities and linguistic organizations to begin documenting approximately 3,500 languages that are at risk of disappearing in the next 100 years, the company said on Thursday.

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