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Dot Com Turns 25: How Failure Turned to Success By Sean Michael Kerner on March 15, 2010 8:55 AM From the 'Significant Internet Milestones' files: The very first dot com domain symbolics.com was registered 25 years ago today on March 15, 1985. From that event a quarter century ago, there are now over 192 million total domain name registrations, with some 96.7 million domain names that are registered as dot com or dot net. What's important to note about the 25 year milestone in my view is not the success of dot com, but rather its failure. Remember back in 1985 there was no such thing as the web as we know it today and there was no such thing as the web browser either. Gopher and FTP were available but neither of those services are really what makes the Internet the global phenomenon that we all know today. Simply having a domain name system and the generic dot com top level domain (TLD) was a start to the modern Internet era but on its own delivered little value to the mass...

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Google is working with Intel, Sony and other partners to develop Google TV, a service aimed at putting the Internet search giant's Web offerings in people's living rooms, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Google TV will combine the company's Android mobile operating system and applications with television devices made for the OS, including set-top boxes, the paper says. The TV technology will run on Intel's Atom chips, the report says, and Google will develop a new version of its Chrome browser for the TV project. In a similar report, the Wall Street Journal reported some of the same information. Both papers cited unnamed sources for their information. Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The use of Android for TV could put applications and other software developed for the OS on TVs in addition to smartphones, the devices the OS was designed for. The companies working on the project, which also reportedly include Logitech, "envision tech...

Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday unveiled a very early edition of its next-generation browser, IE9. So early, in fact, that it's more "pre" than pre-release, pre-beta or even pre-alpha. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to "IE9 Platform Preview." That's a new name for Microsoft, and one meant, as one company manager said yesterday, to evoke the "major change" the software maker believes it's taking in Internet Explorer development. Just what is Platform Preview? Can you even run it? And if so, do you want to? Those are just some of the first questions you'll undoubtedly have over the months ahead as Microsoft starts adding muscle to the bare bones framework of IE9. Microsoft's calling this a "Platform Preview." Is that just a fancy name for beta? Not even close. This build is not a fully functional browser by any stretch. It lacks critical user features, including an address bar (what?) and a back button. Instead, Microsoft i...

With the Advent of new dawn, Holy Cross School, Tadong celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a theme “We care to serve”. The guest of honour was Sr. Benny, Provincial Councillor of the North East Province of Sisters of Mercy of Holy Cross, alongwith other distinguished personalities like Rev Fr. Michael Lepcha (Parish Priest, St. Pauls Church, Tadong), Sr. Maria Tamang, Sr. Pushpa, Sr. Sarika from Holy Cross Nursery School, Gangtok and parents.  After the introductory speech by the School Principal, Sr. Jessy Mathew, there was a declaration of the Silver Jubilee Year 2010 open by Sr. Benny. There was a release of Silver Jubilee Special items like Audio CD “Reverie – Dream come true” by Sr. Benny, Calendar by Fr. Michael and Special Silver Jubilee Badge for students by Mrs. Sobha Mukhia, who too completed her 25 years alongwith the school. The vibrant of the Jubilee Song, “Our hearts are filled with love….”could be felt in the surroundings of the school. The programme was followed by cul...