Internet Overhaul Wins Approval

A complete overhaul of the way in which people navigate the internet has been given the go-ahead in Paris. The net’s regulator, ICANN, voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on so-called top-level domain names, such as .com or .uk. The decision means that companies could turn brands into web addresses, while individuals could use their names. A second proposal, to introduce domain names written in Asian, Arabic or other scripts, was also approved