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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The world's first computer, called the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2 was finished in 1939 and was the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer.
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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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By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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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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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 first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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