While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.
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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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On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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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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