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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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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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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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    E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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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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    By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
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    Random Darknet Shopper
    Random Darknet Shopper
    There's a bot called the 'Random Darknet Shopper' that is given $100 in bitcoins every week to purchase random items on the darkweb. It ended up buying 10 ecstasy pills and the creator was subsequently arrested.
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