The Internet as we know it may soon be changing forever. From
January 12, 2012, to April 12, 2012, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to accept
applications for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) to the
right of the dot, where .com is now.
New top-level domains can be generic names (such as .shoe),
geographic names (such as .nyc), or even trademarks (commonly
referred to collectively as ".brand" domains). The new
system will permit companies to own domain names that consist of
just their trademarks, without the .com or other gTLD. These new
gTLDs also will be available in non-Roman scripts, such as
Cyrillic, Chinese, or Arabic.
Such new top-level domain names won't be cheap....
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