The Internet Introduces Limitless Web Extension Addresses

via NY Times

PARIS — Move over .com and .org. Get ready for a nearly infinite variety of new Web addresses ending in words like .perfume, .sports and .paris.

On Thursday the Internet’s main oversight agency approved the most sweeping changes to the network’s address system since its creation.

According to new rules unanimously passed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, at its meeting here, any company, organization or country will soon be able to apply for a new Web address extension, called a top-level domain.