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Old 06-26-2008, 12:13 PM
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At a meeting in Paris Thursday, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- also known by its acronym ICANN -- unanimously approved key proposals to allow domain names using any combination of letters and numbers, including non-Latin characters.

The decision could spell the end for traditional Web addresses ending .com and .org and country names like .jp or .fr with Web sites able to use easier-to-remember suffixes such as .hotel, .fishing or .sex.

There have been numerous requests for new top level domains such as .kids, .shop and .nyc. Last year, ICANN voted to not allow .xxx with its pornography-related overtones.

ICANN has taken years to decide on relaxing the domain rules in order "to preserve the security, stability, and global interoperability of the Internet" states the ICANN web site.

After a few more procedural hurdles, its expected companies and individuals will be able to apply for new domains in the first quarter of 2009.
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That's pretty cool. I wonder, if at any point, they will have customizable domains like http://www.NicholasMay.Rules or something like that.
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That's pretty interesting. Though, I personally don't feel that the ".com" name association is going anywhere anytime soon. Even if they open up new extensions, I think people will still associate a .com address with being more...official.

Though that may be the wrong word to describe it.
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oh! I'd like atlanta.realestate
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It would be awesome if no one else could use your TLD. I'd go homes.langley.

There is absolutely no way .com is going to be replaced as the TLD of choice - it is way too prevalent.
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Just read the application fee would be $100,000!
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It would be awesome if no one else could use your TLD. I'd go homes.langley.

There is absolutely no way .com is going to be replaced as the TLD of choice - it is way too prevalent.
I have a feeling you'd still have to ask people to leave out the .com when giving them your homes.langley address. I bet you'd have a lot of people coming to you asking why the url didn't work.

I'm speaking of the.. LESS-computer savvy generation. Like my mom.
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On a related note, ICANN just had their domain hijacked because of a security flaw - msnbc.msn.com/id/25543624
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Its kind of cool to get your own extension. I kind of wonder if this will make the internet more confusing.
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Its kind of cool to get your own extension. I kind of wonder if this will make the internet more confusing.
From a consumer perspective, it probably will - and I think they will end up going back to whats familiar: .com.
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