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Published 11/05/2009 by Top Tech News


ICANN May OK International Domains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is expected to approve domain names with non-Latin characters. ICANN approval of internationalized domain names would make the Internet more accessible to people who use Arabic, Chinese and Korean. But...

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Internet addresses set for change
THE Internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world.The board of ICANN voted at ... - [11/04/2009 - Nigeria Guardian]
ICANN Brings the Languages ... - [11/04/2009 - Intellectual Property News Agency]
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"In Seoul, we plan to move forward to the next step in the internationalization of the Internet, which means that eventually people from every corner of the globe will be able to navigate much of the online world using their native language scripts" said Rod Beckstrom...
ICANN May OK International Domains [Top Tech News - 11/05/2009]
"In one sense I am sure few would argue against internationalizing the Internet" said Jart Armin, a...
ICANN May OK International Domains [Top Tech News - 11/05/2009]
...Host Exploit. "However, for ICANN to simply push on with internationalized domain names in languages such as Arabic, Russian and Chinese without resolving some of the Internet denial-of-service security issues that exist with the existing system is quite frankly dangerous at best or irresponsible at its worst."
ICANN May OK International Domains [Top Tech News - 11/05/2009]

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As expected, regulatory body ICANN has approved plans to let web addresses be written in non-Latin characters in a move that it calls the “biggest technical change” ...
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