Enticingly, it hosts an extensive internet registry of relatively little-known work, called the Irving Sandler Artists File, which collectors can search for free.

ECONOMIST: Scouring New York for fresh talent

VeriSign shares are trading sharply lower Friday morning after the company announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a revised agreement for the company to remain the registry operator for the .com Internet domain registry through November 30, 2018.

FORBES: VeriSign Slides On Revised Terms To Run .Com Registry

An initial American court ruling removed wikileaks.org from the internet domain registry, making it harder to find.

ECONOMIST: The internet and government

Prepared jointly by UNESCO and EURid, the European registry of Internet Domain Names , it calls on governments and other Internet stakeholders to step up their efforts to remove current obstacles to more languages going online.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

"This is the only way that they could be in control of their Internet identity and deal directly with the registry, " he says.

CNN: Is domain name system vulnerable to slamming?

NewsRight grew out of efforts started by the AP and its partners in October 2010 to track the use of stories on websites, blogs and other Internet forums through what it called the News Registry.

WSJ: NewsRight dismantles, transfers brand to Moreover

With the overwhelming presence of the Windows platforms taking off, O'Reilly has added new titles such as The Whole Internet for Windows 95, Inside The Windows Registry and just recently a series of "Windows Annoyances" (ie Windows Annoyances, Office Annoyances, Word Annoyances) plus a complement to its UNIX series of NT books focusing on security and administration.

FORBES: Dummy books are for dummies

VeriSign currently controls the rights to the exclusive registry of .com and .net internet domain names.

FORBES: VeriSign Has $44 In Sight If Domain Name Renewal Stays Strong

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - Nov 30, 2012) - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign's agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to serve as the authoritative registry operator for the .com registry (the "2012 .com Registry Agreement") for the term commencing on Dec. 1, 2012 through Nov. 30, 2018 with certain new terms and conditions.

ENGADGET: Department of Commerce renews VeriSign control of .com registry, demands price freeze