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The .su Boom

microsoft.su Wait, who's this? It's the ultimate Yank, Uncle Sam, proclaiming that microsoft.su is officially for sale. You there, call today! microsoft.su View Photo GalleryThe Soviet Union has been...

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Al Gore Wants a .Eco Web Domain

Clinton and Gore Pulling Cable White House Photo OfficeAl Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, support creating a .eco domain to promote environmental causes....

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A New Type of Domain Name, A New Waste of Money

Al Gore HIDE Earlier this month, an unknown little startup grabbed big headlines when it received Al "Internet Earth Soldier" Gore's official endorsement for a proposed ".eco" domain name extension...

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First Arabic Language Domain Names Go Live, Introducing Non-Latin Characters...

Arabic For Internet The Internet's first non-Latin domain names went live this week. via Flickr/ dweeklyThe first Arabic Internet addresses went live this week, in the first major change to the domain...

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New Wave of Domain Names Approved, Could Include Everything From .Apple to...

ICANN Logo ICANN ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, decided today to allow a whole new wave of domain names, far beyond the usual usual suspects (.com, .net, .org)...

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'Donuts Inc.' Accused Of Fueling Cybersquatting After Bidding $56 Million For...

Krispy Kreme Donuts Wikimedia Commons When the so-called top-level domain names--with suffixes like .buy, .apple, or .book instead of .org or .com--went up for auction, it was compared to an Internet...

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Amazon.com To Battle Governments Of Brazil And Peru For The .Amazon Domain

Amazon Rainforest From Above Wikimedia Commons In 2011, ICANN, the organization in charge of the internet's domain names, decided to open up the field and expand the list of domains from the typical...

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Top-Level Domains Like ".sexy" Are Landing Next Week

Graffiti "Internet" on the wall in Vodice, Croatia. Ronald Eikelenboom It's been in the works for years, but the largest-ever expansion of the domain name system is now upon us. By Feb. 4, you'll be...

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The .su Boom

The Soviet Union has been history for going on 17 years now, but there is one place where the former superpower continues to live on, even with the semi-endorsement of a…

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Al Gore Wants a .Eco Web Domain

Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, support creating a .eco domain to promote environmental causes. The idea comes from Dot Eco…

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A New Type of Domain Name, A New Waste of Money

Earlier this month, an unknown little startup grabbed big headlines when it received Al "Internet Earth Soldier" Gore's official endorsement for a proposed ".eco" domain name…

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First Arabic Language Domain Names Go Live, Introducing Non-Latin Characters...

The first Arabic Internet addresses went live this week, in the first major change to the domain name system since its creation. Domain names in Arabic were added for Egypt,…

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New Wave of Domain Names Approved, Could Include Everything From .Apple to...

ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, decided today to allow a whole new wave of domain names, far beyond the usual usual suspects (.com, .net,…

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'Donuts Inc.' Accused Of Fueling Cybersquatting After Bidding $56 Million For...

When the so-called top-level domain names--with suffixes like .buy, .apple, or .book instead of .org or .com--went up for auction, it was compared to an Internet gold rush.

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Amazon.com To Battle Governments Of Brazil And Peru For The .Amazon Domain

In 2011, ICANN, the organization in charge of the internet's domain names, decided to open up the field and expand the list of domains from the typical .com, .net, and…

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Top-Level Domains Like ".sexy" Are Landing Next Week

It's been in the works for years, but the largest-ever expansion of the domain name system is now upon us. By Feb. 4, you'll be able to buy and start a website with dozens…

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