The Internet could be described as something of a youthful beast. But even still, the very first domain name to be purchased and registered brings a tear to the eye of anyone that remembers when the Internet was only accessible via a 14.4k modem and an ISP that charged by the minute. Believe it or not, it wasn’t www.internet.com or www.dot.com that was purchased when the Internet was “born.” Instead, it was the somewhat off-the-wall symbolics.com.It’s hard to say why this domain name was the first purchased

If you had any doubts that the TV Everywhere initiative was picking up steam, here’s some proof that the service is really gaining traction. With Comcast and Time Warner Cable already latching on, the newest pay-TV operator to join in is Verizon. The company, which sells television programming over its fiber-based FiOS TV offering, has this week become a TV Everywhere partner. What’s it mean? It means that FiOS TV customers that pay for television packages in the home can also see some of those channels online,

Thinking of upgrading your Mac to ‘Snow Leopard?’ At just $29 to upgrade from OS X 10.5, the answer to that is probably “yes” if you own an Apple machine. Generally speaking, early reviews have shown that the operating system is a worthy upgrade, and while it’s certainly nothing revolutionary, it does offer up enough new functionality to justify the small asking price.But not all is peachy in the world of Snow Leopard. Early testers have discovered a strange quirk within the OS that casts some doubt on just

Iomega recently introduced its 4-Bay StorCenter Pro ix4-200r NAS for those into rack-mounted gear, but what if you’re more into the traditional style? If so, there’s the new StorCenter ix4-200d NAS, a high performance four-drive desktop NAS designed more for consumers and small business owners than corporations and IT departments. The black box sports EMC storage technologies as well as VMware certification for virtualization installations, and Iomega asserts that you can have it up and running with just “four

Verizon Wireless and GreatCall are working together to offer the Jitterbug cell phone on the Verizon Wireless network through the wireless leader’s open development program. If you’re unfamiliar with Jitterbug, it’s a simple, no-frills cell phone that delivers basic capabilities and has large, backlit buttons as well as easy-to-read text. Jitterbug also offers unique services like LiveNurse, which gives users 24-hour access to registered nurses for medical advice and support. As a result of this announcement,

As a result of stronger than expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets, Intel Corporation now expects revenue for the third quarter to be $9.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, as compared to the previous range of $8.5 billion, plus or minus $400 million.

The gross margin percentage for the third quarter is expected to be in the upper half of the previous range of 53 percent, plus or minus two percentage points. All other expectations are unchanged. Intel's third-quarter Business Outlook was originally published in the company's second-quarter 2009 earnings release, available at intc.com. The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results on Oct. 13.

Nokia’s latest E900 has some people wondering if the company has finally come up with a smartphone that will rival Apple’s iPhone. Aimed at the top end of the market, you may recall that the new N900 is the company’s first phone running on Linux software. By taking advantage of Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo operating system, the handset offers multitasking and Web browsing capabilities using its touchscreen and slide-out keyboard. Although the N900 might be Nokia’s latest high-end device, don’t think this means

We’ve always heard that something’s “on” when it hits the mainstream, so we guess it’s about time we finally confessed that Internet TV has emerged from the closet. For the longest while, Hulu, Boxee and the like dominated the underground Web TV content scene, but it wasn’t too long ago that major cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable began to sit up and take notice. Just a few months after the former initiated trial runs of its own Internet TV platform, the latter has just announced that it is

The iPhone now has an official ticket to China. Mobile phone operator China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone in China in the fourth quarter, under a three-year deal, an Apple representative confirmed Friday morning.

China Unicom didn't say what it will charge for the iPhones or what the service plan will include, but it does plan to keep the price modest by offering subsidies to customers, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the deal earlier Friday. The agreement does not include revenue sharing, the newspaper said.

It’s still a little funny to think that Sirius and XM Radio are now one, and honestly, it’s funny to think the company is still hanging around. After being recently bailed out by Liberty Media and getting an iPhone app into the approval queue, the company is taking things one step further by introducing its SkyDock mounting system. Essentially, the $120 XM SkyDock converts one’s iPhone or iPod touch into an actual satellite radio receiver, and it gets power from your automobile’s cigarette adapter. The device