Amazon is busy trying to gobble up all kinds of top-level domains—.book, .read, you name it—but it also has its eye on .amazon, too. Turns out that the Brazilian and Peruvian governments have something to say about that though, and would rather snag it for the famous river. Read More >>

We think we know the names of the sites banned for offering access to the Bay's masses of torrent files, but it would appear some additional proxy sites are on the blacklist that we haven't been told about. Read More >>

Looks like the Pirate Bay needs a plan B, pronto, as its switch to thepiratebay.gl earlier in the week to escape Sweden's wrath, looks like it's put it in hot water, resulting its new .gl domains being pulled offline, as Greenland doesn't want it sullying its waters. Read More >>

Ever seen a .ml domain? No, me neither. That's why Mali's going to give them away for free in an attempt to put the country on the map. For the rest of us, it just means a free spot on the internet to call your own. Yourname.ml anyone? Read More >>

Why are we stuck with the awkward .co.uk, eh? It's three characters too long, and stands out like a sore thumb against the chic of the .com guys. It turns out we're stuck with it because no one showed any real interest in the shorter, cooler .uk domain idea, so much so that it's been shelved. What the hell were we thinking? Read More >>

The Public Interest Registry, which is another one of those unfortunate organisations tasked with looking after domain names, has released a collection of super-rare .org domain addresses, with options like 1.org, 2.org and b.org now available. Read More >>

The people who find themselves in the unfortunate position of being in charge of domain name registration have decided we might want a new UK one, with the proposed www.myrubbishblog.uk naming format up for inclusion as a possible future UK web address. Read More >>

Not content with the current, perfectly functional system of dot coms and dot orgs, ICANN just allowed 2,000 applications for new top level domains for corporations. Get ready for http://hungry.pizza! Read More >>

Today, American animal rights advocacy group PETA, known for its at times provocative ad campaigns, finally launched the long-awaited peta.xxx adult website. Read More >>

Circl.es is an online dating site that, rather than relying on the data produced by a complex algorithm of self-reported answers, uses a person's own public Facebook profile. Read More >>

Google has gone public with some of its plans to register and manage some weird new top-level domains as part of ICANN's big shake-up of the system, with the likes of .google, .docs and even .lol on its shortlist of future web addresses that sound like a good idea. Read More >>

This is Michael Mann. Last week, in a binge lasting less than 24 hours, he registered 14,962 domains. He plans to sell them on to the likes of you and me, at an inflated price, to make a bucket load of cash—which is how his company manages to pull in around £250,000 every month. Read More >>

It seems the porn industry’s domain to call their own, dot-XXX, will be getting a few partners in the form of .porn, .sex and .adult and you’ll get the for free with a .xxx domain. Porn barons the world over will be pleased, if ICANN approves that is. Read More >>

The bad man who was hoping the world of the future might have need of Richard Branson pornography has been defeated. Australian domain squatter Sean Truman was deemed to have registered richardbranson.xxx in bad faith and has been ordered to hand it over. The site is now in our bookmarks in anticipation of Richard's next move. [The Register] Read More >>

Some internet chancers think there's money to be had in registering one of the new .xxx porn domains in the name of Richard Branson. God knows how they came to that conclusion. As you might expect, Virgin's legal people are currently trying to get it back. Richard must have plans for it. [BBC] Read More >>