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Icann vetoes sex suffix
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' board on Wednesday voted nine to five against the proposal, which would have led to the creation of a dot-xxx domain suffix for pornography sites. [11 May 2006]
Democrats rekindle porn domain debate
News The bill suggests, but does not require, that dot-xxx serve as the domain name ending. Dogged by similar complaints from an unlikely coalition of conservative family groups and the pornography industry,... [20 Mar 2006]
Icann drops dot-xxx debate
News The proposal to create a dot-xxx domain was due to get final approval at an Icann board meeting in Vancouver. This is the second time Icann has pushed back plans to approve... [02 Dec 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News The Bush administration recently raised objections to the proposed addition of dot-xxx as a red-light district for pornographers, for instance, a veto power that no other government is able to wield. A... [19 Oct 2005]
Dot-travel domain unleashed
News Other recent new entrants to the top level domain roster include dot-mobi, a top level domain for content accessed over a mobile device and much-debated dot-xxx, for 'adult content'. The... [04 Oct 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (Icann), which oversees domain... [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News A final decision on the fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx domain, which was intended to be reserved for online pornography, will not happen until September. That decision follows last-minute... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a dot-xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for internet pornography. Michael Gallagher,... [16 Aug 2005]
Porn lovers get .xxx domain
News The non-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses has approved dot-xxx domains, a move that reverses the group's earlier position and heads off a potential political spat with conservative... [02 Jun 2005]
Domain name bonanza just a flash in the pan
News The web addresses, which cost $25 a year, appear like top level domains but really have two other domain levels attached to them which are hidden in the browser, so dot-shop is really... [13 Mar 2001]
Dot-shop: Is it just a dot-con?
Comment Well, that looks like it's all about to end because new.net has set up a whole stack of very uninternet-style domains like dot-shop, dot-xxx, dot-ltd and... [07 Mar 2001]
Domain name showdown to kick off down under
News But the company has already been approached by a number of European companies and domain registrars and claims European users can expect full access to names such as dot-mp3, dot-shop and... [07 Mar 2001]
Unofficial top-level domain names now available
News Capitalising on the disappointment of the seven new top-level domain names announced last year by governing body Icann, New.net is registering names such as dot-kids, dot-mp3, dot-shop... [06 Mar 2001]
