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Johnson & Johnson has bought the right to .baby domains for $3.1m, beating Google and five other companies. The bathroom cupboard filler intends to run the generic top-level domain-name as a closed shop, meaning that it will approve every new .baby domain. So don't expect to see Wholovesyou.baby, Youvecomealongway.baby or any …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    how about...

    ....wewillsellyoustuffyoudontneedbutwanttomakeyouguiltyfornotdoingyourbestforyour.baby

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    1. Ed_UK
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      Re: how about...

      Too right! J&J are responsible for trying to slather all newborns in their vile, sickly, overpowering perfume.

      Babies don't need perfume, and they certainly don't need their little lungs dusted with perfumed talc.

      By the way, I don't like J&J.

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  2. Graham Marsden

    " So far ICANN has pocketed over $30m in auction fees...

    "...which it has still yet to disclose how it will spend"

    But I sense some nice big bonuses in the future...

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    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
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      Devil

      Re: " So far ICANN has pocketed over $30m in auction fees...

      Interestingly ICANN has just held an auction for awarded itself .bonus.

      Various corporate institutions are very sad to have lost the opportunity to have this gTLD. However after deciding between keeping fat.bonus, undeserved.bonus and fuck-you.bonus, ICANN are planning to make some extra.bonus by selling .bonus registrations to banks, global corporations and FIFA.

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  3. Jonathan Richards 1

    chiz

    > only domains "relevant to the baby care industry" will be allowed

    So no tar.baby, then.

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