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21 Oct 2010 13:50

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Culture: Sex.com sold! Possibly valuable domain name changes hands

  • $13 million, basically the most expensive sex ever source

11 Oct 2010 10:19

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World: North Korea appears ready to expand its internet usage

  • 1,024 .kp domains are ready for use anytime source
  • » Expanded usage elsewhere: While North Korea is keeping a tight lid on internet usage within the country, many foreign reporters in the country this weekend noted that they could actually use the internet on THEIR OWN COMPUTERS. Before, they had to use officially designated computers to do that. (By the way, check out the design on this site. Epic.)

14 May 2010 01:30

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Offbeat, Tech: Domain name sales: Dating more popular than birth

  • $1.75
    million
    the amount someone paid for Dating.com at a recent auction of domain names in Florida
  • $6,000
    bucks
    the amount someone paid for Birth.net; there’s a pregnancy joke in here somewhere source

06 May 2010 12:14

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Tech: If this weird URL works for you, your browser wins a cookie

  • » Admit it. You’re curious. Try it. We dare you. Either your browser sucks or it rocks. Here’s how you find out. source

08 Mar 2010 20:18

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Offbeat: Want to buy some sex? Sex.com up on the auction block

  • $1 million minimum to get a little more sex(.com) in your life source

30 Oct 2009 09:47

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Tech, World: The odds of tripping on a Russian porn site just got much lower

  • That’s because sites can now go beyond the English character set in URLs. Since top-level domains became a thing, they’ve been limited for users outside of the U.S. due to the fact that only the Latin character set is supported. Until now. ICANN is fast-tracking a new solution which allows extended character sets to be used. However, due to the fact that it needs to be compatible with the current URL structure, it’s a bit complicated and likely to break due to the technical hoops needed. Но погодите, доменные имена на русском языке! source