Web sites addresses with the .xxx domain went on sale to the public this week, but schools and businesses have been purchasing those names to avoid them being bought by the porn industry. More...

Over a decade after it was first proposed, the Internet's 'red light district' has finally opened its doors, with companies and individuals invited to bid on the first .xxx domain names from today. More...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given its final approval to create an Internet top-level domain specifically dedicated to pornography. According to the BBC, the decision ends 10 years of wrangling and... More...

Here is a sudden turn of events: porn stars are siding with those who are against the addition of the proposed .xxx top-level domain. In an effort to show their stance, the stars will be... More...

It looks as if the board of ICANN has quickly brought the revival of the .xxx domain idea to a standstill: in a meeting in Lisbon, the board voted down ICM Registry's proposal, 9 to... More...

The recent rejection of a dedicated .xxx domain for porn sites has prompted the company behind the plan, ICM Registry, to launch a legal attack against the US Department of Commerce. ICM claims that the... More...

Plans for an area of the internet dedicated to pornography were killed last night in a vote by overseeing organization ICANN. In a split 9-5 board decision, the organization acted ruthlessly, against its own previous... More...

ICann has given the go-ahead to plans for what has been described as a "virtual red-light district", with the creation of a .xxx TLD. Negotiations are to begin with ICM Registry Inc, which will run... More...