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Not Only Dot Coms As Internet Body Throws Open Domain Names

Rod Beckstrom, president of ICANN, votes to approve new top-level domain names.

In one of the internet’s biggest technical developments for years, ICANN, the international body that governs domain name policy, voted Monday to allow applicants to apply for domains beyond the 22 that already exist.

Domain Names, ICANN, Internet Corporation For Assigning Names And Numbers, Kieren McCarthy, Peter Dengate Thrush

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