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Stop The Entertainment Lobby’s Dumb Attempt To Cripple Internet Privacy
If you’ve ever registered a domain name, you’ve probably stumbled across WHOIS, a series of databases that contains basic information on whoever registered a particular domain name. While WHOIS makes this information public by default, it’s long been possible to hide behind a proxy — something the entertainment industry is hell-bent on changing.
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The Internet’s Hottest New Domain: .SUCKS
The internet-naming powers that be (otherwise known as ICANN) have already blessed us with such distinguished, venerated domains as .WANG, .SEXY and .FISH. But now it’s gearing up to grant us with every diligent #Brand’s worst nightmare: Welcome to the .SUCKS era.
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.CHEAP .SEXY .WANG: The Best New Domains Going Up For Grabs Tomorrow
The internet as you know it might seem infinite, but according to ICANN, it’s still not quite infinite enough. Soon, a whole new world of internet real estate is coming your way in the form of 122 brand new domain names. That’s right, you can finally make YourNameHere.SEXY all your very own.
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Should The .Amazon Domain Belong To The Company Or The River?
Amazon is busy trying to gobble up all kinds of top-level domains — .book, .read, you name it — but it also has its eye on .amazon too. Turns out that the Brazilian and Peruvian governments have something to say about that though and would rather snag it for the famous river.