.XXX is here... and no, not the Vin Diesel one

Good and bad news for all of you porn lovers out there.  A Internet domain dedicated to pornography has been created!  This way you can find your porn quickly and easily - but on the same side, someone can find that you've been looking at it just as quickly...

Apparently the domain name .xxx has been requested for 10 years, and finally the Internet Corporation for Asssigned Names and Numbers (Icann) which governs the website naming system (yes, such a group does exist) gave in and approved the .xxx extension for porn sites, giving it the same status as .com and .org. 

Now, this is not a mandatory move, and not all porn sites must take the .xxx extension - but it does open a whole lot more of the website names!  just think of the possibilities - anything goes because nothing exists right now.  there can be a whole new whitehouse.xxx or debbiedoesdallas.xxx (and no, those aren't real sites!)

BUt the porn industry isn't thrilled, they are afraid that  singling them out with their own domain could lead to more government interference.   Diane Duke, executive director of the adult entertainment industry's Free Speech Coalition, said in a statement that ICANN has 'disregarded overwhelming outpouring of opposition from the adult entertainment industry - the supposed sponsorship community' and dismissed the 'interests of free speech on the Internet'.


So coming real soon, an easy way to find your porn...  just look for the triple x's