Google Wants Love and 100 Other Things

Google wants love. But so do six other companies. They are after .love, actually, a new “top-level domain” that could catch on as .com, .org and .net did.

Love might not prevail, but chances are, at least one of the domains in 1,930 applications for new extensions will. The domains are the letters that follow the dot in Internet addresses, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as Icann, revealed the new requests on Wednesday.

EU's austerity agenda challenged

23 May 2012 Last updated at 10:42 GMT Francois Hollande says he wants all options discussed European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Wednesday are expected to hear the new French president challenge the EU's German-led austerity drive.
Francois Hollande has said he wants the focus shifted to growth, and will raise the idea of shared-debt eurobonds as a way of heading off the eurozone crisis.
Germany is firmly opposed to eurobonds - but has accepted there is a need to stimulate growth.
The meeting comes amid concern that Greece may have to leave the euro.
Even though that prospect is not formally on the agenda, correspondents say it is sure to be discussed.
The informal dinner in Brussels on Wednesday evening will be chaired by the European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy.