A couple of hours ago ICANN put their new site design "live". In an email sent by ICANN's Director Marketing and Outreach, Scott Pinzon, an overview of the site's new features was announced. While the new site design will probably be greeted with mixed reviews it does offer a number of features that were long overdue including support for mobile devices. The new site … [Read more...] about ICANN Launch New Website Design
Archives for February 2012
Dot Nxt London Draft Schedule
Kieren over at Dot Nxt has published a draft schedule for their London event. The venue for the London conference is the Victoria Park Plaza The event is being held in the week running up to the ICANN meeting in Prague and they're still looking for both speakers and sponsors. … [Read more...] about Dot Nxt London Draft Schedule
Iran Blocks SSL
The Iranian government has blocked secure sites ie. ones using SSL with "https". The blocking means that any service or website based outside Iran that uses a security certificate is inaccessible from within Iran. Whether Iranians are able to circumvent this via other means or not isn't clear, though there are probably ways that the geekier types can get around … [Read more...] about Iran Blocks SSL
Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Peter Vergote has been elected chair of CENTR. Mr Vergote works in the legal and policy team with the .be registry. The election took place at the organisation's meeting earlier today in Salzburg. The previous chair was Mathieu Wiell, AFNIC's CEO. … [Read more...] about Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR