The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has formally announced a proposal to make domain tasting a thing of the past by changing the way it charges for domain names. Read the rest of the story...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is looking to end the five-day grace period when registering a domain, and to start charging the annual fee on registrar domain registrations.. Read the rest of the story...

Just a few days after Google announced changes to its AdSense program to combat domain tasting, ICANN is considering action to eliminate it completely. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is the non-profit organization responsible for managing top-level domain names. The problem of domain tasting comes from the fact that new domain [...] Read the rest of the story...

The domain-name industry's fundamental assertion - that Web names can be valuable, cash-generating assets just like stocks, bonds or property - appears to be gaining a kind of broader acceptance. Read the rest of the story...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is looking to end the five-day grace period when registering a domain, and to start charging the annual fee on registrar domain registrations. Read the rest of the story...

Over the last month I and others have written quite a bit about domain tasting and how registrars are taking advantage of the policy, allowing them to capture potential domain names that their customers are searching for. read more Read the rest of the story...

Consumers and businesses may soon find it easier to register an attractive Web site name, now that the nonprofit organization that oversees the global domain name system has agreed to a policy change. Read the rest of the story...

A practice used by scammers to siphon off hits from users who misspell URLs in their browsers could be rendered impossible this year, as the organization responsible for the Internet's domain name system may end the program that makes the practice possible. Read the rest of the story...

ICANN wants to stop the deliciously-named practice of "domain tasting" by making the sure it costs the tasters something. The move follows Google's decision to stop offering AdSense revenue until a site has been registered for five days. Read More... Read the rest of the story...

With apologies to people who can't type ICANN wants to destroy domain tasters at the expense of poor typists.… Read the rest of the story...

ICANN is considering keeping the annual fee it charges registries for a registered domain name, even if the domain name is forfeited during the grace period. Read the rest of the story...

It took a small panel of us to translate the minutes of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting regarding the practice of domain tasting, which read like an MC Escher painting, but we think we got it, and here's what we've come up with: read more Read the rest of the story...