Local company playing key role in adding Internet domains

A Chicago company, JAS Global Advisors, is playing a key behind-the-scenes role in an unprecedented expansion of Internet domain names — the web’s equivalent of real-estate addresses dominated by .com, .gov, .org and .edu. The expansion will open the way for new domain names ending in just about any word imaginable — from .chicago for people looking to identify themselves as Chicagoans, to …

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Local company playing key role in adding Internet domains

Domains with .tokyo could be available next year

From next year, Internet users may be able to have domain names ending with .tokyo, .sendai or .canon in e-mails and Web sites, according to sources. At least five local governments and two Japanese …..

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Domains with .tokyo could be available next year