INTERESTING FACTS!!
1. Amazon, originally a printed book
seller company, now sells more e-books
than printed books.
2. 220 million tons of old computers and
other technological hardware are trashed
in the United States each year.
3. The first two video games copyrighted
in the U.S. were Asteroids and Lunar
Lander in 1980.
4. Tim Berners-Lee coined the phrase
“World Wide Web” in 1990.
5. U.S. President Bill Clinton’s
inauguration in January 1997 was the first
to be webcast.
6. Google uses an estimated 15 billion
kWh of electricity per year, more than
most countries. However, google
generates a lot of their own power with
their solar panels.
7. Microsoft Windows tutorial’s another
name is ‘Crash Course’. Now we now!
8. Did you know hows was Bill Gates’
house was designed? Using a Macintosh
computer.
9. About 1.8 billion people connect to the
Internet, only 450 million of them speak
English.
10. By the end of year 2012, there will be
total approximately 17 billion devices
(which includes computers, tablets and
mobile) connected to the Internet.
11. Every month, domain names are being
registered at a rate of more than one
million!
12. Did you know that Email was already
around before the World Wide Web came?
13. During 1980s, an IBM computer was
not considered to be 100% compatible if it
could not run Microsoft Flight Simulator.
14. MySpace reports over 110 million
registered users. Were it a country, it
would be the tenth largest, just behind
Mexico.
15. Last year (2011), one out of every 8
married couples in the USA, met online.
16. The average 21 year old has spent
5,000 hours playing video games, has
exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and
text messages and has spent 10,000 hours
on the mobile phone.
17. The average computer user blinks 7
times a minute, less than half the normal
rate of 20.
18. The first banner advertise was
introduced in the year 1994.
19. Doug Engelbart had made the first
computer mouse in 1964, and it was made
out of wood.
20. The first domain name ever registered
was Symbolics.com.
21. The world’s first computer which was
named the Z1, was invented by Konrad
Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2
was finished in 1939 and was the first
fully functioning electro-mechanical
computer.
22. There are approximately 1,319,872,109
people using the Internet.
23. There are approximately 1.06 billion
instant messaging accounts worldwide.
24. 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.
25. 70% of virus writers work under
contract for organized crime syndicates.
26. A program named “Rother J” was the
first computer virus to come into sight “in
the wild” — that is, outside the single
computer or lab where it was created.
Two-thirds of American Internet users
shop online.
27. Sweden has the hightest percentage of
internet users, they are 75%.
28. Mosaic was the first popular web
browser which was released in 1993.
Every minute, 10 hours of videos are
uploaded on Youtube.
29. Up until the 14th of September, 1995,
domain registration was free.
30. 70% of virus writers actually work
under a contract for an organization.
1. Amazon, originally a printed book
seller company, now sells more e-books
than printed books.
2. 220 million tons of old computers and
other technological hardware are trashed
in the United States each year.
3. The first two video games copyrighted
in the U.S. were Asteroids and Lunar
Lander in 1980.
4. Tim Berners-Lee coined the phrase
“World Wide Web” in 1990.
5. U.S. President Bill Clinton’s
inauguration in January 1997 was the first
to be webcast.
6. Google uses an estimated 15 billion
kWh of electricity per year, more than
most countries. However, google
generates a lot of their own power with
their solar panels.
7. Microsoft Windows tutorial’s another
name is ‘Crash Course’. Now we now!
8. Did you know hows was Bill Gates’
house was designed? Using a Macintosh
computer.
9. About 1.8 billion people connect to the
Internet, only 450 million of them speak
English.
10. By the end of year 2012, there will be
total approximately 17 billion devices
(which includes computers, tablets and
mobile) connected to the Internet.
11. Every month, domain names are being
registered at a rate of more than one
million!
12. Did you know that Email was already
around before the World Wide Web came?
13. During 1980s, an IBM computer was
not considered to be 100% compatible if it
could not run Microsoft Flight Simulator.
14. MySpace reports over 110 million
registered users. Were it a country, it
would be the tenth largest, just behind
Mexico.
15. Last year (2011), one out of every 8
married couples in the USA, met online.
16. The average 21 year old has spent
5,000 hours playing video games, has
exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and
text messages and has spent 10,000 hours
on the mobile phone.
17. The average computer user blinks 7
times a minute, less than half the normal
rate of 20.
18. The first banner advertise was
introduced in the year 1994.
19. Doug Engelbart had made the first
computer mouse in 1964, and it was made
out of wood.
20. The first domain name ever registered
was Symbolics.com.
21. The world’s first computer which was
named the Z1, was invented by Konrad
Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2
was finished in 1939 and was the first
fully functioning electro-mechanical
computer.
22. There are approximately 1,319,872,109
people using the Internet.
23. There are approximately 1.06 billion
instant messaging accounts worldwide.
24. 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.
25. 70% of virus writers work under
contract for organized crime syndicates.
26. A program named “Rother J” was the
first computer virus to come into sight “in
the wild” — that is, outside the single
computer or lab where it was created.
Two-thirds of American Internet users
shop online.
27. Sweden has the hightest percentage of
internet users, they are 75%.
28. Mosaic was the first popular web
browser which was released in 1993.
Every minute, 10 hours of videos are
uploaded on Youtube.
29. Up until the 14th of September, 1995,
domain registration was free.
30. 70% of virus writers actually work
under a contract for an organization.
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