BBC News and Sport Search: domain names
BBC News and Sport Search: domain names
- Porn net domain name plan revived
A plan to create a net domain for adult content could be revisited three years after it was rejected by regulators.
- China tightens internet controls
China tightens controls on internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a website to meet regulators and produce ID documents.
- Google to build US fibre network
Google announces that it is plans to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband to up to half a million homes in the US.
- Anti-abortion ad causes row at Super Bowl
An anti-abortion ad featuring a top player American football player and scheduled to run during Sunday's Super Bowl game is causing controversy in the US as the BBC's Haydn Perry reports.
- Police tackle Olympic fraudsters
A squad of specialist detectives will tackle ticket fraudsters trying to cash in on the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- 'Iranian cyber army' hits Baidu
The hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu.
- Montenegro's .me name gain
Montenegro's top level domain name .me has proved extremely popular with web users as it is snapped up in record numbers.
- Google loses domain name claim
A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google.
- 'Iranian cyber army' hits Twitter
Micro blogging service Twitter has suffered another embarrassing security breach.
- 'Cyber Monday' warning for shoppers
As British shoppers are expected to spend a record amount online on "Cyber Monday", they are being warned about online fraud.
- Fake websites shut down by police
More than 1,000 websites which appear to sell cut price designer goods have been brought down by police in the biggest operation of its kind.
- Cameroon is web threat hotspot
More than one third of Cameroon websites - which end with .cm - are risky, according to a report by computer security experts.
- The shifting sands of net debate
Much of the debate at this week's Internet Governance Forum focuses on domain names in non-Latin languages.
- Arabic web domain: Your emails
Emails from BBC readers on Egypt's decision to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, '.masr' - meaning '.Egypt'.
- Net gets set for alphabet changes
Net addresses written entirely in non-Latin characters will make their official debut in 2010.
- Egypt launches Arabic web domain
Egypt is set to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, .masr, its communications minister says.
- Social media challenges social rules
Old social rules don’t seem to work online, says Bill Thompson
- Users react to web address changes
The internet regulator approves plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move set to transform the online world. Users in affected countries give their reaction to the changes.
- An internet that speaks to you
Bill Thompson welcomes moves to make the net multi-lingual.
- Internet addresses set for change
The internet regulator approves plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move set to transform the online world.
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