Question: Spamming means to send the same message to many newsgroups or e-mail addresses. The term derives from:
Answer: a Monty Python sketch
July 31st, 2008
Question: According to Microsoft, Adam Baratz was the youngest beta tester for Windows 95. How old was he in 1994?
Answer: 9 years old
July 30th, 2008
Question: Security expert Tsutomu Shimomura is known for tracking down an alleged cyberthief. Who?
Answer: Kevin Mitnick
July 29th, 2008
Question: An early homebrew pioneer designed the Osborne 1 "luggable" computer. Who?
Answer: Lee Felsenstien
July 28th, 2008
Question: In what year did Microsoft's revenue surpass one billion dollars?
Answer: 1990
July 27th, 2008
Question: Microsoft's Gates and Allen licensed BASIC for the MITS Altair. What does MITS stand for?
Answer: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
July 26th, 2008
Question: What was the code name for the twelve engineers who designed the first IBM PC?
Answer: The Dirty Dozen
July 25th, 2008
Question: What does the PK stand for in PKZIP?
Answer: Phil Katz
the developer of the program
July 24th, 2008
Question: How was the word ENIAC pronounced during the 1940s at the University of Pennsylvania when the machine was being developed there?
Answer: with a short e (as in EHNIAC)
July 23rd, 2008
Question: How much data can a single-layer DVD store, in gigabytes?
Answer: 4.7
This is about seven times more data than a CD-ROM.
July 22nd, 2008
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