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Published 10/28/2009 by Azeri-Press Information Agency


ICANN set to approve non-Latin characters for internet

Baku- APA-ECONOMICS. The Internet is set for perhaps its biggest technical change ever, as a new multilingual address system will be approved this week, the global regulatory body said on Monday, AFP reported.

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Internet domain names to change
Seoul, South Korea - The internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain ... - [10/27/2009 - Finance 24]
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Non-Latin Internet domain names could be up by mid-2010.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is finalizing plans to introduce domain names ... - [10/27/2009 - Technology Review]
Multilingual Internet addresses likely - [10/27/2009 - Oman Tribune]
Language shake-up for the Internet - [10/27/2009 - Xinhua News Agency]
Multi-lingual domain names coming soon - [10/27/2009 - ITProPortal.com]
Internet Set for Change with Non-English Addresses - [10/27/2009 - NewsFactor Network]
ICANN to move toward Internationalized Domain N... - [10/27/2009 - Industry Standard]
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"This is the biggest change technically to the Internet since it was invented 40 years ago" Peter Dengate Thrush...
ICANN set to approve non-Latin characters for internet [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 10/28/2009]
"Of the 1.6 billion Internet users today worldwide, more than half use languages that have scripts that are not Latin-based Beckstrom said. 'So this change is very much necessary for not only half the world’s Internet users today but more than half, probably, of the future users as the Internet continues to spread.'"
ICANN set to approve non-Latin characters for internet [Azeri-Press Information Agency - 10/28/2009]

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