News (8)

  • Coonan welcomes second derailment of .xxx domain

    The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, has welcomed the decision by the Internet's governing body ICANN to scrap plans for an adult-orientated top level domain.

  • .XXX: New home for porn approved

    The Internet's red-light district has been given the green light by ICANN, paving the way for the new domains to come into play before the end of the year.

  • Coonan concerned about porn domain

    The federal government says it is not convinced of the need for a new Internet address for adult content.

  • "SingTel Mobile" out of porn business

    Those who have been using a "SingTel Mobile" site to access pornography for the last few months will get a new view when they next visit the site.

  • The battle over triple 'x'

    By the end of this year, Internet users could have an extraordinarily convenient place to find pornography: a new .xxx top-level domain.

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Features and Case Studies (1)

  • Time for a .xxx domain?

    The concept of a .xxx domain for sex-oriented Web sites has had its share of critics, but attorney Eric Sinrod believes it is an idea whose time has come.

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