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web domain stories: 4 news summaries

Web Addresses Will Gain International Flavor

Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew domains, among others, will have support by 2010: ICANN

Oct 26, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the biggest change ever to the system, Web domains will soon be available in the native scripts of Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and other non-Latin-based languages. A proposal expected to be approved this week means “Internationalized Domain Names” could be up and running as soon as mid-2010. China and... More »

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Domain-Name Rule Change 'Brand Owner's Nightmare'

Firms must guard against squatters

Jul 1, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decision of an internet oversight body to allow more domain names opens the playing field to cybersquatters—who register domain names in the hopes someone else will have to purchase them later, BusinessWeek reports. No more is it a matter of simply .com or .net: Squatters may now buy... More »

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Internet • domain names • ICANN • World Wide Web • infringement • web domain

 Pizza.com Name Sells for $2.6M 

1994 buyer (for 20 bucks) cashes in

Apr 4, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The domain name pizza.com sold at auction yesterday for $2.6 million, netting a tidy little profit for a Baltimore man who bought 14 years ago for $20, the Baltimore Sun reports. Seller Chris Clark held onto the name over the years, making sure to keep up with the... More »

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Five Priciest Web Domains

Jul 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Sex.com -             $12  million   (2005)
  2. Porn.com -           $9.5 million   (2007)
  3. Business.com -      $7.5 million   (1999)
  4. Diamond.com -    
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Internet • list • web • website • web domain • sex.com • porn.com

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