The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned.
Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world in the rush to register with the new global top level domain (gTLD) .info.
The US-sanctioned Internet domain name management body is still struggling to bring the world's top-level domains under its fold.
The new Internet top level domains came a step closer to reality today when the ICANN board authorised the president and general counsel to complete the negotiation of the remaining appendices to the agreements for the unsponsored top level domains .name, .pro, .biz and .info.
Network operators, anti-spam campaigners, security experts and engineers have all hit out at VeriSign over changes it made to the top level domain system on Monday.
ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.
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