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Coming Soon, More Pointless Domain Name Extensions

     The Board of ICANN recently approved a recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet's address system. "The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion of domain name choice and opportunity" said Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN. A final version of the plan must be approved by the ICANN Board before the new process is launched. It is intended that the final version will be published in early 2009. "The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the Net," said Dr Twomey.

Firefox 3 Preview Version Available

     The browser wars heat up again today, with the release of Firefox 3 in a public preview version.  Firefox has been my choice of late, more effectively running Web 2.0

"It gives you the horsepower you need to experience rich Internet apps as they should be from a performance standpoint," said Damon Sicore, Mozilla's director of platform engineering, mentioning Gmail and Google Maps specifically as applications where users don't want to wait. "As these apps get bigger and more complicated, faster browsers are going to become more critical."

Get it here.