The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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If you opened up the case of the original Macintosh, you will find 47 signatures. One for each member of Apple's Macintosh divison as of 1982.
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The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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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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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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On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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