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Published 10/31/2009 by OfficialWire


Chinese, Arabic Addresses Soon On Internet

Internet surfers will be able to use Web addresses written in Chinese, Arabic, Korean and other non-Latin alphabets by mid 2010, it was announced Friday.

The landmark decision, designed to make the Web more accessible, was announced by the board of the...

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Chinese, Arabic addresses soon on Internet
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Internet surfers will be able to use Web addresses written in Chinese, Arabic, Korean and other non-Latin alphabets by mid 2010, it was ... - [10/30/2009 - UPI]

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...South Korea. "We just made the Internet much more accessible to millions of people in regions such as Asia, the Middle East and Russia Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's president and chief executive officer, told The New York Times."
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