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  • ICANN vote to allow .xxx URLs?

    The organisation that manages the world's most important web address extensions " what goes after the dot in a URL " is to hold a vote on Thursday that could see an entire new generation of URLs made possible.

  • .NSW, .Uluru, .Oz, .footy domains coming in 2009?

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in internet history, a French web official said.

  • Coonan concerned about porn domain

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

  • 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.

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Features and Case Studies (2)

  • 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.

  • For F-Secure, it's all about the safety net

    Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses.

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