Originally Posted by halfpint

On the 20th June 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), announced its decision to allow applications for generic Top Level Domains ? gTLDs. In essence, this landmark decision opens the floodgates of domain name creativity; this is no longer a .com world, restricted by locality (.can, .uk) by classification (.edu, .mil) or by company structure (.org, .biz). The revolution has begun! Own a restaurant? Apply for .food, .menu, .eat, .dine. Run your own clinic? Apply for .med, .doc, .cure. In the adventure industry? Look at .snow, .ski, .dive!

They will go public in October 2012

http://www.instra.com/en/new-gtlds

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