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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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support.
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There is a Swedish religion called Kopimism whose sole tenet is that all knowledge should be available to everyone - and thus, using CTRL+C and CTRL+V are sacred acts.
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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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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