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.
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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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Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
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On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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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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