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Slate's Explainer: 'Dot Net' Domain Up For Sale Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains the mechanics behind this weekend's sale of the "dot net" Internet domain -- meaning all the Web addresses that end in .net.

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Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains the mechanics behind this weekend's sale of the "dot net" Internet domain — meaning all the Web addresses that end in .net.