Computer Trivia!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

We use computers almost everyday and every time. But do you have any idea about their trivia?

I have gathered some Computer trivia from several websites; and this is what all I've got and Enjoy reading :) :

What must -read magazine for computer fans bit the dust in 1999?
A: Byte.
What nationwide movie guide and ticket business became part of the AOL family in 1999?
A: MovieFone.com.
What Amazon founder was the first-dot-com exec to be named Time's Person of the Year?
 A: Jeff Bezos.
What Apple portable debuted in a choice of two fruity color schemes, Blueberry or Tangerine?
A: The iBook.
What Outlook macro virus, with a dainty female name, was the first to infect a million computers?
A: Melissa.
What rural state provided WiFi for all residents, earning it a Yahoo "Most Wired City in America" award?
A: Nevada.
What Windows virus damaged 500,000 hard drives on the 13th anniversary of Russia's deadliest nuclear disaster?
A: Chernobyl.
What movie did Apple use to hype its new QuickTime4 format, sparking a net-clogging 25 million downloads of the trailer?
A: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
What nasty 1999 computer worm, named after a lap dancer, first appeared inside a list of passwords to pornographic websites?
A: Melissa.
What communications giant owned Palm Computing when it produced the first handheld with integrated wireless Internet connectivity?
A: 3com.
What online service got slapped with a lawsuit by volunteer "Community Leaders" who said they were really employees and deserved back wages?
A: America Online.
What game system, the first to come equipped with a modern, clogged up phone lines in Europe as many purchasers got online for the first time?
A: Dreamcast.
What computer outfit's ad 1984, run only once during Super Bowl XVIII, did TV Guide declare to be the best commercial of all time, in 1999?
A: Apple's.
What Apple media file format became the basis for MPGE-4 files?
A: QuickTime.
What did critics dub the glitchy  USB "plug and play" feature of Windows 98?
A: "Plug and pray".
What file-sharing software was named for creator Shawn Fanning's frizzy hair?
A: Napster.
What high-tech upgrade did the New York Times dub "$90 Worth of Duct Tape" in 1998?
A: Windows 98.
What  was the first fast-food restaurant to offer patrons 20 free minutes of Internet time?
A: Burger King.
What Pixar release was the first feature film to be entirely computer-animated?
A: Toy Story.
What high-tech mogul appeared on a 1995 cover of Time headlined "Master of the Universe"?
A: Bill Gates.
What website did the founder of the Echo Bay Technology Group register, when he found that echobay.com was already taken?
A: eBay.com.
What U.S. state capital's space-age new airport was plagued by software problems that kept dumping baggage all over the basement?
A: Denver's.
What company, while still called AuctionWeb, registered its first sale when bidding for a busted laser pointer topped out at $14?
A: eBay.com.
What search engine did Digital Equipment Corporation develop to manage its old e-mail?
A: Alta Vista.
What does the "W" stand for on a WAP phone?
A: Wireless.
What type of computer programs did the Dark Avenger Mutation Engine promise to make more powerful?
A: Viruses.
What computer accessory did Apple try splitting in two in 1993, in an attempt to reduce injuries?
A: The Keyboard.

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