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| <big>'''Welcome to ICANNWiki'''</big>, a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable guide to the world of [[ICANN]]. It is intended for use by people attending [[ICANN]] conferences as well as those following what's happening from afar. So far we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles written and, of course, have plenty more [[ICANNWiki:Community portal|to do]]!
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| We are in the process of migrating content from [http://www.icannwiki.org the original site] to the new site, here at '''ICANNWiki.com'''.
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| You are more than welcome to help ... well actually, we really need your help editing the information being added! If you're interested, please just make a login and [[Getting Started|get started]] if you're familiar with Wiki and if not, send any one of us ([[Raymond King|Ray]], [[Andrew Merriam|Andrew]] or [[Caterina Purves|Caterina]]) an e-mail and we'll get you going!
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| <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;margin-top:0.5em">[[Image:AbdulazizAlZomanCaricature.jpg|110px|Abdulaziz Al-Zoman|link=http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Abdulaziz_Al-Zoman]]</div> | |
| '''Dr. Abdulaziz AL-Zoman''' is an associate professor who works for CITC as an IT Consultant, and is the director and founder of the [[SaudiNIC|Saudi Network Information Center]]. SaudiNIC is responsible of registering domain names under the Saudi [[ccTLD]], [[.sa]] and IDN ccTLD, [[.السعودية]]. In 1986, he received his bachelor degree in computer engineering from the College of Computer and Information Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science in 1990 and 1995, respectively, from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Al-Zoman attends and presents at industry conferences, such as those associated with the [[IGF]]. He is an expert on [[IDN]]s and has worked extensively to implement arabic based [[TLD]]s. A list of some his presentations at Industry conferences is found below. His participation in international conferences, such as those related to the [[WSIS]], is often focused on regional issues regarding Arabic IDN implementation and the means to develop the Arab Information Society...[[Abdulaziz Al-Zoman|Eglish article]] [[عبدالعزيز حمد الزومان (In Arabic بالعربي)|Arabic Article]]
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| '''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. '''1993''' Tucows began in Flint, Michigan. It was originally started by [[Scott Swedorski]] as a website to offer software on a freeware or shareware basis. '''1995''' Tucows is aquired by Toronto-based ISP Internet Direct. '''1999''' Tucows is accredited by [[ICANN]] as a domain name registrar. '''2000''' Tucows launches an Open[[SRS]] platform and began accepting domain name registrations from [[ISP]]s and web hosting companies. '''2001''' Tucows merges with Infonautics, Inc., an internet information services company. '''2006''' Tucows acquires [[NetIdentity]]. At the time, [[NetIdentity]] owned 68% of all US and European surname domain names. '''2007''' Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com,, a privately held [[ICANN]]-accredited wholesale registrar offering domain services through a network of over 2,500 affiliates with over 700,000 domains under management. '''2008''' Tucows launches [[Hover.com]]. Tucows discontinues ItsYourDomain.com, NetIdentity, and DomainDirect, merges them, and forms Hover. '''2008''' Tucows announces the launch of [[Butterscotch.com]], an online video network with video tutorials to explain internet technology. '''2010''' Tucows announces that it has undertaken a "Dutch auction" to purchase 3.9 million shares of its stock for a $.70 per share.....[[Tucows|read more]]
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| <center><table style="background-color:transparent"><tr><td>[[Image:BillAndHill.jpg|thumb|250px|Bill and Hill in San Francisco]]</td><td>[[Image:Maori_Mural.jpg|thumb|345px|Vint Cerf dancing with the Maori]]</td><td>[[Image:Vint_farewell_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Vint Cerf says farewell to LA]]</td></tr></table></center>
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