HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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The four ghosts in Pac-Man are programmed to act differently: red chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to ambush you and orange is random.
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The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.
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The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone.
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