p2pnet World Headlines – July 14, 2009

The Best Internet Addresses Will Cost a Cool .Million New York Times One of the characteristics the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been its commitment to create a level playing field between big companies and individuals who use the Internet. Its cumbersome decision making process is open to input from all sides. And its core role—assigning the domain names used by Web sites—has been quite egalitarian: First come first served. (Trademark issues aside.) That’s all chan