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    In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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    By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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    In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.
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    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.
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