This morning in scanning Techmeme while having my early morning cup of coffee, I noticed two separate items about TLDs. First up, a post from Techcrunch on how .cm domains are opening up for pre-order. Second, an entry from Slate on how ICANN is planning to further expand the available TLDs. Last year, I wrote that I believe “New TLDs Are Highway Robbery” – they are simply a tax on the system. To some extent search is solving this problem as few people these days type domain names directly in...

This morning in scanning Techmeme while having my early morning cup of coffee, I noticed two separate items about TLDs. First up, a post from Techcrunch on how .cm domains are opening up for pre-order. Second, an entry from Slate on how ICANN is planning to further expand the available TLDs. Last year, I wrote that I believe “New TLDs Are Highway Robbery” – they are simply a tax on the system. To some extent search is solving this problem as few people these days type domain names directly in...