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Dec 11 2006, 02:49 AM

ItWeb reports that you can now get .asia domain names! I wan't cr.asia!

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed off on the .Asia Registry Agreement on Wednesday at its annual meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil, writes News.Com.

This effectively means businesses in the Asia-Pacific region will soon have the option of registering an ".asia" domain, overseen by the DotAsia Organisation.

“The ‘.asia' domain will be used as a supplement to country domains like ‘.jp' for Japan and ‘.cn' for China,” adds the article.

CrEaTi0n

Dec 11 2006, 03:50 AM

The amount of domain suffix's are getting crazy now

* Side note *
Damn, what ever happened to the .xxx domain ?

cyfermaster

Dec 11 2006, 04:04 AM

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Damn, what ever happened to the .xxx domain

JuCa has registered it for when he becomes a p0rn *

Evernight

Dec 11 2006, 05:09 AM

I think they decided not to go with it in the end maybe? Domains have the same problem as ip addresses everyones running out. I think its a good thing that they have extensions with limitations (e.g. .us is american only). It means there will be no spammers on it ...

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