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EU Allows Local Language URLs
[...] The web regulating body, known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), announced that it would open up the domain name system to non-Latin characters in late October. It introduced an International Domain Name (IDN) fast track process, which it claims will bring the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names. [...] According to the EU it is now possible to register names using characters like à , ä , or &psi. under .eu . For example, the EU said that Spanish and Basque speakers will now be able to register names with ñ while French, Portuguese and Catalan speakers can use ç . [...] In a statement released late last week, the EU said that under rules over internationalised domain names adopted by the European Commission in June, member states can now register website names that contain non-Latin characters. [...]
EC Welcomes International Domain Names
[...] The problem could be further exacerbated by the impending introduction of new top level domain names (TLDs), which will potentially lead to an overwhelming amount of cyber-clutter. [...] EU commissioner Viviane Reding has voiced her support for the introduction of non-Latin domain names at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El Sheikh, describing the move as a big step to a truly global and at the same time local internet. [...] Non-Latin characters are essential for languages like Bulgarian, which uses Cyrillic. and Greek the Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the early 8th century BC. We want to let internet users and businesses have internationalised domain names on our own Top Level Domain. [...]
ICANN Allows Non-Latin Domain Names
[...] Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names. . [...] While it might sound potentially straightforward to include other characters in domain names, ICANN claims the process has actually taken years of technical testing and development to make it possible. Our work on IDNs has gone through numerous drafts, dozens of tests, and an incredible amount of development by volunteers since we started this project. [...] Following the US government's decision to loosen its hold on The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the internet regulating body has accelerated its moves towards a multilateral strategy by opening up the domain name system to non-Latin characters. [...]
Egypt Plans First Domain Using Arabic Script
[...] This is the biggest technical change to the Internet's addressing system the Domain Name System in many years, said Tina Dam, ICANN's senior director of Internationalized Domain Names. Right now, it's not possible to get a domain name entirely in, for example, Chinese characters or Arabic characters. [...] As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers begins accepting applications for its IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, Egypt says it hopes to be the first nation to have a domain name using Arabic script. [...] Egypt plans to be the first nation to have a domain name using Arabic script. The announcement from Information Technology Minister Tarek Kamel on the first day ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) launched the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. [...]
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Radisson Admits To Unwelcome Guests In IT Systems
[...] According to the hotel chain, the accessed computer systems contained guest information, including names, credit and debit card numbers, and the expiration date on the cards. Social Security numbers are not included in the records. At this point, it is unknown whether particular names or other information were in fact accessed or taken. [...] Management / Names / Law. [...]
eWEEK Europe Announces Eee Winners
[...] Their names are Raymond Davies, Craig Ellis, Rachel Hodgson, Steven Bate and Yvone Pollock. [...] If your name is listed here, congratulations. We'll be contacting you in the next few weeks. [...] Coverage / Names / Launch. [...]
ECMAScript 5: The Long-Awaited Javascript Update
[...] You could fully process the XML and end up with a list of objects containing names, addresses and phone numbers, and then ignore the addresses. Or you could manually walk through the XML data, picking out only the names and phone numbers. Or, if you're an XML guru, you would likely use a transform. [...] For example, you might have an XML file that contains a list of customers. Each customer might have a name, address and phone number. You might want just a list of names and phone numbers, skipping the addresses. [...] Using declarative programming, you would specify what the transformed XML looks like. The XML library would take the existing XML and automatically transform it into a different XML. in this case, XML that contains only names and phone numbers of the customers. [...]
Couple Charged With Stealing $23m From Cisco
[...] As part of the fraud, the three created more than 21 fictitious company names and 80 false personal names, and used private mailboxes at UPS stores throughout eight states as mailing addresses for receiving the parts and payments. [...]
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