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As expected, the general group which regulates internet domain names has approved a latest rule which allows URLs to be combined regulating non-Latin characters. In alternative words, local speakers of Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, and alternative languages will be means to spell out web addresses regulating their oown alphabets.

Roughly 1.6 billion internet users verbalise languages which do not operate Latin characters. That’s half of the people which usee the internet.

Officials report the move as the “biggest technical shift to the Internet given it was combined 4 decades ago.” Nations and territories will be means to request for internet extensions reflecting their regions starting on Nov 16th. We’ll substantially begin saying Internationalized Domain Names starting in mid-2010.

[via TechCrunch]

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