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What’s the difference between the web and the Internet?

List of the important differences between the Internet and the world wide web. Also included are briefs on this history of the two [more...]

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Email Basics

Who invented email? Which is correct - e-mail or email? Where does an email account exist? Take our quick quiz on the basics of em [more...]

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Erwise – world’s first graphical web browser
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Today's Quote

"The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself."
- Bill Gates Co-founder Microsoft

Simple Tips

In Gmail, you can stop an email from dispatching after you’ve sent it
Ask Google to set a timer
Different uses of the EarPod buttons
Skip tracks by pressing EarPod center button twice

Today's Events [15 Oct]

First human ascent in hot air balloon [1783]
Died: Andreas Vesalius [1564]
First trans-Atlantic flight completed by Graf Zeppelin [1928]
Bookpages.co.uk becomes Amazon.co.uk [1998]

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Quick Fact

In 1986, a 75 cent accounting error at University of California, Berkeley, lead network manager Clifford Stoll to discover hackers at work. Five German hackers were arrested after a year. [more...]