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The Internet is filled with nostalgia on Monday as geeks all over the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the registration of the first dot-com domain. On March 15, 1985, a small Massachusetts-based computer manufacturer Symbolics, Inc. registered Symbolics.com. It would be more than a month before the second dot-com was registered, and there wouldn’t be 100 registered dot-coms until November 30, 1987.

One of the world’s largest data centers has opened for business in the U.K., protected by bomb-proof glass and powered by enough electricity to run a small city.

Why the low key? Why no fanfare? Twitter just announced for the first time a way to make money! That’s a big deal right?

Foursquare and other location-based applications are a great idea, but commercializing them may be a challenge. Key will be making them minimally intrusive and maximally useful, as well as avoiding the nightmare scenario of a world totally engulfed in personalized, located-based ads.

In a forum today marking the 25th anniversary of the first .com registration, former President Bill Clinton talked about his favorite digital devices, offered a grim outlook for newspapers and said Internet access should be improved in the U.S.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents showing how law enforcement agencies and the Internal Revenue Service are gathering information from social networking sites for their investigations.

‘Tis the season of awards here at Macworld. Earlier this week, we unveiled our 25th annual Editors’ Choice Awards, given to our favorite Mac hardware and software products of the past year. Next week, you’ll see the App Gems, our favorite iPhone apps. So it’s only fitting that I give props to my favorite Mac Gems of the past 12 months.

NASA’s Mars rover Spirit now apparently has two broken power wheels and the space agency’s scientists face the unenviable task of trying to get the stuck spacecraft out of the mud before Martian winter freezes sets in.