The Web has now passed two important demarcation points in its lifespan: September marked the 40th anniversary of the invention of the interlinked computer-based communications networks we now call “the Internet,” and on Wednesday the U.S. government watched as its remaining official authority over the non-profit group that governs Web addresses expired. The U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — ICANN — reached an agreement that makes the body that doles out Web domain names a truly international, decentralized group.

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