Computer trivia: What short-lived company did Apple, IBM and Hewlett-Packard spawn to create platform-independent software?
Answer: Taligent.
Category: Thanh toán – Giao dịch
Computer trivia: What senior Democrat’s interest in getting a few computers for the office resulted in his becoming the first U.S. senator with an Internet home page?
Answer: Ted Kennedy’s.
Computer trivia: What self-appointed vigilante ruminant kept newsgroups safe from spam, before moving on to develop NoCeM anti-spam technology?
Answer: Cancelmoose.
Computer trivia: What search engine did Digital Equipment Corporation develop to manage its old e-mail?
Answer: Alta Vista.
Computer trivia: What rural state provided WiFi for all residents, earning it a Yahoo “Most Wired City in America” award?
Answer: Nevada.
Computer trivia: What Rolling Stone hit song did Microsoft use to jump-start the Windows 95 roll-out?
Answer: Start Me Up.
Computer trivia: What publisher’s Perl programming reference books, thanks to their cover illustration, are better known as The Pink Camel” and “The Llama”?
Answer: O’Reilly’s.
Computer trivia: What programming language brewed by Sun Microsystems did U.S. antitrust lawyers claim Microsoft used its monopoly to “crush”?
Answer: Java.
Computer trivia: What pressure-sensitive handheld organizer was developed under the code name “”Touchdown””?
Answer: The Palm Pilot.
Computer trivia: What type of computer programs did the Dark Avenger Mutation Engine promise to make more powerful?
Answer: Viruses.