On Nov 16, ICANN will allow domain names with non-Latin characters. Nations will be allowed to apply for extensions that end in their native characters. For example, China would be allowed to use the Chinese alphabet, etc. What is amazing, and then not really, is that 42% of the world's internet users are located in Asia. So why shouldn't they have a say in how it's done. ICANN is doing it to avoid fragmentation, but it seems to me this could pose some big problems. For instance, how will I be able to type in an URL without chinese characters on my keyboard. I guess they have that all figured out.
Here's the article:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/ICANNs-Tower-of-Babel-Decision-May-Prevent-Net-Schism-68522.html
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