Web address regulator ICANN still hasn't fixed IT glitch Until now, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has only permitted 22 "top-level" domains, such as .com, and 252 country-level names such as .uk and .ie. It plans to allow web addresses ending in hundreds of generic words like .flowers, as well as brand names such as .google and .pepsi. The organisation spent the best part of a year urging companies to apply for the new names by April 12, at a cost of $185,000 (£114,000) a go. However, it was forced to freeze the application system at the eleventh hour after it discovered "unusual behaviour with the operation of the [application] system," caused by a "technical issue." At the time ICANN said it was "taking the most conservative approach possible" and extended the deadline to April 20. It turns out that the approach wasn't quite conservative enough. ICANN admitted on Friday that it still has not managed to fix the IT problem and that it cannot get the system up and running again. The regulator has yet to set a new application deadline.