ICANN Reviews Revoking Outdated Suffixes

December 7, 2006

(AP) -- Over the past few years, the Internet has seen new domain names such as ".eu" for Europe and ".travel" for the travel industry. Now, the key oversight agency is looking to get rid of some.

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