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10-31-09, 01:05 AM
Before now, typing http://clinteckergoatbonedbyhisnewbicycle.كوم into a Web browser and actually arriving at a working domain was impossible. But thanks to a vote by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Friday morning, it could become a reality sometime in 2010. The organization approved the "Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process," allowing a plethora of non-Latin characters to be used in domain name extensions and opening more doors to Internet users who don't speak Western languages.
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/10/domain-extensions-go-global-goodbye-com-welcome.ars
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/10/domain-extensions-go-global-goodbye-com-welcome.ars