Technology Facts


The very first computer that used a stored program and data was built in 1948, and it contained only 1,024 bits! Before this computer (called "Baby") was built, computers had to be rewired every time they were reprogrammed. Baby's on-screen memory...

On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first-ever manned flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. His flight lasted 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 ft(37 m). That same day, Orville's brother (Wilbur) made his first flight, which lasted 59...

Google's index of web pages is the largest in the world, comprising of 8 billion web pages. Google searches this immense collection of web pages often in less than half a second. The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in...

Did you know that a cell-phone is actually a complicated radio? Some interesting facts about a cell phone is that areas are divided into small cells, with a cell phone tower at the center of each cell. The difference beween a walkie talkie and a cell...

The Internet is roughly 35% English, 65% non-English with the Chinese at 14%. Yet only 13% of world’s population, 812 million are Internet users as of Dec. ‘04. North America has the highest continental concentration with 70% of the people using the...

A program named "Rother J" was the first computer virus to come into sight "in the wild" — that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created. Created in 1981 by Richard Skrenta, it attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system...