Random Computer Facts

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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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    Facebook Hacking
    Facebook Hacking
    Facebook pays at least $500 if you can find a way to hack the site.
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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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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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    A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    The town of Villa Las Estrellas in Antarctica is the most remote town on Earth, and there's only three computers with internet access!
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