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Website Addresses Will Never Be the Same
Adrian Chen · 06/20/11 03:22PMGet Ready for Filthy .XXX Domain Names
Adrian Chen · 03/18/11 04:17PMICANN, the international governing body responsible for doling out website domains, has approved the .xxx domain for porn sites. According to PC magazine, the purpose is to "carve out a portion of the Internet that will be set aside for the adult entertainment industry." Already, over 200,000 .xxx sites have been pre-registered. Finally, a place for porn on the Internet! Oh, wait, isn't that already the entire Internet?
There Are Seven Keymasters Who Can Restart the Internet
Max Read · 07/27/10 11:18PMGet Ready for .xxx
Max Read · 06/25/10 01:16AMICANN haz unlimited domain suffixes?
Nicholas Carlson · 06/26/08 02:00PMNicholas Carlson · 11/05/07 02:00PM
ICANN named New Zealander Peter Dengate Thrush as its chairman to replace Google's Vint Cerf, who now has even less to do. Thrush will be ICANN's first non-American chairman. But that shouldn't keep the world from hating us; the U.S. Department of Commerce maintains veto power over the organization's decisions. [Sydney Morning Herald]