Computer Facts

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    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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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows computer.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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    There are approximately 1.06 billion instant messaging accounts worldwide.
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    The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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