It could be Sunday where you might be, but it’s bright-and-early on Monday in Singapore. That’s where a monumental vote is ready to head down, with the web Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (or ICANN , for brief) set to vote on expansion plans for domains. If you’ll recall, the organization approved seven additional domains in 2004, with another round from 2004 resulting in a separate seven joining the herd . It’s expected to approve something way more substantial this week, however, with a brand new system enabling absolutely anything to trail the crux of the domain. In other words, .com may soon get replaced by .Canon (for cameras), .eco (for green sites) or perhaps .programming (for, you understand, programming sites).
As you are able to likely imagine, the choices listed below are pretty much endless, but it’ll cost a wee bit greater than $6.95 per year to register one. The applying fee alone is clocked in at $185,000, and winners must pony up $25,000 annually after that. It’s entirely likely that a brand new wave of legal spats will crop up with reference to trademarks — we’re guessing lawyers in Mountain View won’t be too keen on Google.phones falling into non-corporate hands — but hey, that’s half the thrill from the sidelines. We’ll be keeping an eye fixed out for a last decision, and we’ll make sure you tell you if ICANN fesses as much as what it will become doing with those stratospheric new fees.
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