Dot-DNS could be the first step to loosen ICANN's grip on Net
(Mercury News)
The head of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers, acknowledged recently that the organization is basically a
mess. Finally, there was something ICANN and its legion of critics
could agree on.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/2986449.htm

OECD's cautionary tale of porn and cyberspace (International Herald
Tribune
Gone were the statistics on the economic performance of the developed
world, the data on agriculture, food and fisheries, and the
authoritative articles on corporate governance and sustainable
development. Instead, visitors who logged on to the site Dec. 17 were
offered the "Greatest Sex Sites," a long list of mostly unprintable
options including a "girlie zoo" and "hardcore teen photos." Faced
with a steady stream of phone calls and e-mails from baffled visitors
to the site, OECD officials scrambled to understand what had gone
wrong.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/53353.html

.es domain registrations grow in Catalunya (EuropeMedia)
The number of .es domains registered by businesses and organisations
with headquarters in Catalunya increased by 38 per cent in 2001,
according to data from ES-NIC, Spain’s domain registrar.  
 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=9760


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