In the name of cultural and linguistic diversity, our loyal comrades over at the ICANN are about to approve availability of domain names in non-Latin alphabets. That's right, Chinese and Japanese folks will finally be able to address their websites in their native tongue, as will fans of Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek or Hindi scripts. Basically, linguists of every type are finally invited to the interwebs party, a move described by ICANN chairman Peter Thrush . This follows an extensive two-year testing period for a translation engine that can convert your lazy Latin scribblings into the refined hieroglyphics of modern Cantonese. Pending approval this Friday, the first new domain names will start coming out in 2010, when we can expect a whole new wave of internet land grabbing.
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The biggest change technically to the internet since it was invented."
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mizt03 faz 15 dias
Wow this is great, I'm happy that they finally realized that English is not the only language in the world!! Awesome glog!!
rosesunrise65 faz 23 dias
It was said on Bg tv this evening that soon we'll have cyrillic e-mail!
Great glog!
proves faz 23 dias
Awesome! I'm waiting for 2010 from now on!
It will be perfect for every nation (including mine) to use its own alphabet and to be convertible!
Great news and great glog!