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US questions net overhaul plans (BBC News)Plans to create hundreds of new domain names could be stalled as the US government questions the wisdom of the scheme.

Pa. landowners fight eminent domain for gas field (Centre Daily Times)Some south-central Pennsylvania landowners fighting an eminent domain lawsuit to take their below-ground mineral rights for an underground natural gas storage field say they feel they never had a chance to have a say on what happens to their land.

New domain names face hurdle (International Herald Tribune)A top U.S. Commerce Department official said it was not clear whether allowing Internet suffixes that cover locations and industries would be beneficial.

MAP Research Releases Groundbreaking Global Domain Registration Industry Report (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 23, 2008 -- Melbourne-based research company MAP Research has released the world's first report on the size, state and future of the global domain registration industry.

WWTA Eminent Domain (The Chattanoogan)WWTA using eminent domain to take private property from citizens for the financial benefit of a private subdivision developer is simply typical of the poor conduct of this agency.

U.S. government urges caution over ICANN domain name expansion (Geek.com) Back in June of this year ICANN proposed plans to relax the rules on top level domain names. Companies and individuals would therefore be allowed to create and run any domain they wish for a price. Such plans could lead to the introduction of .apple, .cola and .geek to name a few examples. The U.S. government [...]

Server Room DIY, Configuring Apache2Triad and Your Domain Name (ServerWatch)Web server up and running? Now learn how to configure and manage it using Apache2Triad as well as how to get going with a domain name.