MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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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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For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
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By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
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The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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