ICM isn't charging sites to lay claims to a ".xxx" name based on what they already have under ".com" or another suffix. The company plans to eventually charge $60 to register each name if its bid is approved.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, rejected on May 10 ICM's proposal to create ".xxx" for voluntary use by the adult entertainment industry.

In reversing ICANN's preliminary approval of ".xxx" last summer, some board members expressed concerns that the domain might put ICANN in a difficult position of having to enforce all of the world's laws governing pornography.

Ubuntu, launched two years ago, has a reputation for being easy to use. Although Linux is used mostly for servers, Ubuntu is traditionally a desktop product. Canonical Ltd., the British company that puts out Ubuntu, said it has shipped millions of free CDs so far.

Dapper Drake is the first Ubuntu release with a server version. It's also the first release for which Canonical will sell long-term support: up to five years for the server version, and three years for the desktop version.

Ubuntu 6.06 will be available for PCs with Intel and AMD processors, Macintosh computers with PowerPC chips and Sun servers with Sparc processors.

NEW YORK - The U.S. online advertising industry saw yet another quarter of growth as revenues reached a record $3.9 billion in the January-March period.

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