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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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 domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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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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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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On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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