The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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