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‘.wow’: ICANN to allow almost any domain suffix

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has accepted a proposal allowing companies, cities and others to use almost any suffix they want for a web address. At its meeting in Paris, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that…
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ICANN turns on next-gen IP addresses

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

New version of Internet Protocol data has been added to six of the world’s root servers, assuring supply of unique IP addresses. The great migration from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers added the first addresses…
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