In my previous post, I asked if you would register domain names in new TLDs (or register whole new TLDs, if you’re filthy rich) should ICANN relax regulations on TLDs.
That question just became more than academic.
Under the new plans, domain names can be based on any string of letters.
Individuals will be able to register a domain based on their own name, for example, as long as they can show a “business plan and technical capacity”.
Companies will be able to secure domain names based on their intellectual property.
Welcome to the age of dotAnything. The new virtual land rush begins in 2009. …read more

I once mindfucked some n00bs by registering their .com, .net, and .org domain names and redirecting them to one of my sites. They were so clueless, it took them months to figure out what happened.
They shat bricks when they found out. It was a laugh riot.
Unfortunately, repeating that little prank could get ridiculously more expensive as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) mulls opening up the top-level domain (TLD) system. That means aside from the seven original TLDs (.com, .org, .net, .edu, .mil., .gov, .int), the 200+ country code TLDs, and the handful of newer TLDs (.biz., …read more