The New York Times’ website went down for several hours in its second major disruption this month, with a hacker group calling itself the “Syrian Electronic Army” claiming responsibility.

INTERNET guardians have voted to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.

A massive new store of potential internet domain names is to be released based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.