Daily News Article - October 30, 2009
1. What is ICANN?
2. What decision did ICANN's board make at their annual meeting in Seoul? Be specific.
3. For what type of web addresses will ICANN's decision initially apply?
4. a) What concern do some security experts have about permitting domain names to be written in languages that don't use the Latin alphabet?
b) How did the president of ICANN respond to this concern?
5. How many of the 1.6 billion Internet users worldwide use languages that have scripts that are not based on the Latin alphabet?
6. Why does analyst Hong Jong-gil say he doesn't forsee a dramatic increase in the number of Internet users due to ICANN's decision?