Long before the vwip! of iMessage and the funky beats of the Skype startup song, digital communication had a strange soundtrack. Dial-up modems, which connected to servers and other computers via ...

This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a list of the best technology to buy. Read the full article below at TheWirecutter.com. A great cable modem should support at least eight ...

How do birds communicate? By singing. And now it’s the turn of the machines. A new crop of businesses are now creating what’s referred to as the Internet of Sound. Let’s rewind. The history of ...

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

Connect the modem to a wall outlet with a coax cable and plug the modem into an electrical outlet. Connect devices to the modem wirelessly, or with an ethernet cable to a LAN outlet on the modem. When ...

QUESTION: All sound works fine for games, alerts etc. The moment my modem starts to dial, all game, Web page music and alert sounds no longer work. Media player is unaffected. When attempting to ...

Q: My cable modem is a few years old. Do the manufacturers ever update these gadgets? A: Good question, because many people forget their modem even exists, unless there’s a power outage and they have ...