Colin Jackson regularly talks on Radio NZ about Internet or technology. If you’re quick you can download the podcast, but you can always pick up his speaking notes at his blog.

The other day he talked about how domain names are changing, because ICANN, the body that controls them has:

… voted to allow a far, far wider range of names. So, soon, perhaps we’ll be seeing names anz.bank or citycouncil.wellington, or may be just plain google – without the dot com.

[Via it.gen.nz: A visit to icann.]

What this means is that in the future — next month, next year — we may start seeing some very different addresses on the Internet. Intead of typing www.radionz.co.nz into your browser, for example, maybe you’ll only need to type this: radionz.

Colin’s sessions on Nine to Noon are always interesting, and he explains his topics in plain language that regular folks can understand. His segment is around 10 minutes long, so take a short break from work, and spend a few minutes keeping up to date with the world of technology.

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