WASHINGTON -- ICANN inched a step closer to the jaws of government regulation as business groups told Congress that information about Internet domain holders should be accurate and public. "ICANN ...

Every domain name name must be registered with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This organization is responsible for maintaining a global Internet and ensuring that ...

The process of searching for a website’s owner is referred to as a “WhoIs search”, as in who is the owner of a particular site or domain. The search operation is often carried out if there is any ...

In fighting spam and other forms of Internet and e-mail abuse, many defenders of the ‘Net have noticed that the worst offenders often include obviously false information in their WHOIS database ...

If the headline seems like a typographical error, it's not. The verb "to pwn" is Internet-speak for "to own by cyberattack." Fifteen-year-old hackers use it.-- And who might get “pawned” (pronounced ...