11 charged in US crackdown on online poker

Eleven people have been charged with bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling and other offenses in a crackdown on the three largest online poker companies operating in the United States.

Internet address sex.com attracts 13-million-dollar bid

An offshore holding company is out to have its way with sex.com for 13 million dollars. Clover Holdings Limited, based on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, made the top offer for the hot Sex.com Internet domain name that ...

Sex.com domain name on sale

The world's "most valuable" Internet domain name, sex.com, went up for grabs on Thursday having fetched 12 million dollars in 2006, a German firm handling the sale said Thursday.

Internet addresses to accept Chinese script

(AP) -- Chinese speakers will soon be able to tap out Internet addresses in their own language after the agency that runs Internet addresses says it will start accepting Chinese script for domain names.

Global agency reconsiders '.xxx' for porn sites

(AP) -- A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and ...

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