[thelist] even more TLDs? ever?

[aardvark]

i know, i'm not getting my news from /., i'm getting it from CNN... i'd feel 
dirty, but i don't care...

New.net sidesteps ICANN to increase domain names
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/05/new.net.domains.idg/index.h
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"Private company New.net announced plans Monday to offer a series of 
new Internet TLDs (top-level domains), from .chat to .xxx, in a process 
calculated to sidestep the monopoly control of nonprofit organization ICANN 
(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) on such domains, 
the company said in a statement."

meanwhile, back at the ranch:

New domain names behind schedule
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/05/icann.domains.reut/index.ht
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"The new Web addresses that were to be open for registration by Internet 
users worldwide by July of this year, could be delayed by several months or 
more, due to protracted contract negotiations with the new list operators 
and the high-tech downturn on Wall Street, officials at the Internet's premier 
naming authority said on Friday."

but that doesn't mean /. doesn't have it covered:

New Domains Delayed, Open to Corps. First
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/05/0355231.shtml