Dot-co is not a dot-com typo
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Colombia's dot-co domain name will be opened for general availability this summer, and the company behind the move wants you to know it's not just a .com typo. .CO Internet, a joint venture between Colombia's Arcelandia and American registry Neustar, hopes to quickly make millions with dot-co domain names, based on the string's obvious semantic value rather than the fact that it looks a lot like a dot-com. "The goal in all of this is to create a very large name-space...
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