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  Fakebook: Misspelled domain squatters must pay Facebook nearly $2.8 million

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 1, 2013 04:38 pm + 37 comments

  Misspelling domain names is easy enough that the government doesn't let companies take advantage of Continue reading…

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  Amazon competes with namesake river for .amazon domain

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 26, 2013 01:50 am + 51 comments

  Along with .book, .author, and .read, Amazon is trying to lay claim to the .amazon top-level domain, Continue reading…

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  Google wants to turn .search into a top-level domain that any search service can use

  By Bryan Bishop on April 10, 2013 07:33 pm + 62 comments

  Some of Google's competitors have objected to its request for several top-level domains — Continue reading…

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  Google's competitors don't want it controlling generic domains .search, .map, and .fly

  By Chris Welch on March 19, 2013 12:15 pm + 65 comments

  Last year, Google spent $18.7 million applying for control of over 100 top-level domains including Continue reading…

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  Amazon's application for .book domain opposed by industry groups and rivals

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 10, 2013 11:31 pm + 50 comments

  Unsurprisingly, not everyone is crazy about Amazon’s attempts to register top-level web domains Continue reading…

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  Chinese '.catholic' will be the first top-level domain considered in ICANN expansion

  By Adi Robertson on December 20, 2012 12:18 pm + 31 comments

  The extension .catholic, written in Chinese, will be the first name considered in a new expansion to Continue reading…

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  US blocks UN telecoms treaty over fears of internet regulation

  By Sam Byford on December 13, 2012 11:20 pm + 56 comments

  The US has refused to sign a proposed international telecommunications treaty that could have opened Continue reading…

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  Russia-led plan to transfer internet governance to UN agency scrapped, Reuters reports

  By Adi Robertson on December 10, 2012 04:05 pm + 34 comments

  A group of countries looking to transfer control of central internet resources to the UN's Continue reading…

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  Russia, China, and other nations draft proposal to give ITU greater influence over the internet

  By Chris Welch on December 9, 2012 03:52 pm + 80 comments

  A proposal introduced Friday at the World Conference on International Telecommunications would lend Continue reading…

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  New World Order: is the UN about to take control of the internet?

  By Adi Robertson on November 29, 2012 02:15 pm + 222 comments

  The future of the web will be decided in a dark room by UN politicians and authoritarian governments Continue reading…