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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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    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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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows 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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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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