The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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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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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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IMDb is one of the oldest websites on the internet, and began on Usenet in 1990 as a list of "actresses with beautiful eyes".
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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