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Heard on the Beat / TECHNOLOGY : ‘Granny’ Is 1 Millionth Domain Name for Firm

By KAREN KAPLAN
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Register.com, the first company to compete head-to-head against Network Solutions, said it registered its 1 millionth Internet domain name last week. The New York-based firm assigned the domain name “granny-to-be.com” to New Yorker Felicia Reymont and crossed the 1-million threshold less than three months after launching its registration business. Herndon, Va.-based Network Solutions, which for six years was the sole registrar of domain names ending in .com, .net and .org under a federal government contract, has registered more than 5 million Internet addresses.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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