AMAZING TECH FACTS
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:43
Hello nice people,here i am presenting some good technical facts that gives u the edge.If u find it useful then leave a comment and sign my guest book.Thanx.God bless us
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:46
1981 was the year that PCs began,when IBM deputed the IBM PC.Microsoft shipped it with BASIC.The operating system too was developed by microsoft.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:48
In 1976,the term"personal computer"first appeared in print,in the may issue of Byte magzine.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:52
The term "bug"was probably coined after admiral Grace Hopper found a moth in the mark 2 computer at the US naval surface warfare center,causing machine to malfunction.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:54
Cyber Patrol,Surf Watch,Net Nanny and Big brother are all access filters used to block access to objectionable web sites.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:57
Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol,which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeroes.'
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 03:59
Telnet is one of the oldest form of internet connections.Today ,it is used to access online databases.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:02
According to yahoo!,cloning,saddam hussein,iraq were most searched for news stories in 2003.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:04
On july 8 ,1997 internet traffic records were broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by pathfinder on Mars.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:08
In 2002,author of the Mellisa virus,David L.Smith was sentenced to 20 month in federal prison in New Jersey.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:10
James Gosling created java at sun microsystems.He came up with the name 'Java' while debating over it at a coffee shop.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:13
The first ever ISP was CompuServe,established in 1969.It still exists,under AOL Time Warner.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:18
The first hard drives available were about 5 to 10 MB and sold for 100 US dollar per megabyte.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:20
When Windows 3.1 was launched,3 million copies were sold in the first two months.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:22
Bill Gates home was designed using a Mac!
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:24
The term 'Silicon Valley' was coined by journalist Don Hoefler.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:26
The fastest supercomputer in india is the 574-CPU cluster at Intel,Banglore.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:28
A refresh rate of 85 Hz on your monitor means that every single pixel is refreshed 85 times per second.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:30
HP's first Inkjet printer was launched in 1984.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:32
In the 1970s ,the very first cordless phones were introduced.
chocolate.boy
2009/06/20 04:34
Bell Labs concieved the idea of the cellular phone in 1947.
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