In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!
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By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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