- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 7th, 2020
Did You Know: The Original Windows XP Ad Was Canceled Before Launch Due to 9/11
The Windows XP ad included images of people flying
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 6th, 2020
Did You Know: Bill Gates Bought Da Vinci’s Codex to Create a Windows Screensaver
The screensaver was part of Microsoft Plus!
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 1st, 2018
Did You Know? Microsoft Has Its Own Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Screensaver
Screensaver was purchased as part of Winternals acquisition
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 25th, 2018
Did You Know? The Famous Microsoft Sound in Windows 95 Was Created on a Mac
Startup sound creator says he actually hated PCs
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 17th, 2018
Did You Know? The Default Microsoft Outlook Contact Pic Was Bill Gates’ Mug Shot
The generic contact icon used in Outlook 2010 is actually the silhouette of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 12th, 2018
Did You Know? Microsoft, Apple and Nokia All Mocked Android When It Launched
And yet, look where Android is right now
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- March 30th, 2018
Did You Know? The Windows XP Wallpaper Was So Expensive FedEx Refused to Ship It
Instead, it was hand-delivered to Microsoft
- Personal Thoughts
- By Filip Truta
- March 15th, 2012
Did You Know: Apple Sells a World Travel Adapter Kit
Consider this $39 purchase before you embark your plane
- Personal Thoughts
- By Filip Truta
- July 9th, 2010
Did You Know: Steve Jobs Has Dyslexia
Jobs also had an odor problem around the time he worked for Atari
- Personal Thoughts
- By Filip Truta
- June 18th, 2010
Did You Know: Apple Will Recycle Your Computer for Free, and Give You an iTunes Gift Card
Another thing you probably didn’t know about America’s most iconic electronics and software vendor
- Personal Thoughts
- By Filip Truta
- March 30th, 2010
Did You Know: You Could Study iPhone App Development at Your School
Apple has an iPhone Developer University Program that’s completely free
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- May 6th, 2009
Did You Know: Apple's Store Logos Are Made by a 132-Year-Old Company
Apple trusts Thomas Swan Sign Co., Inc. with the backlit logos that mark its storefronts
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- December 23rd, 2008
Did You Know: Apple Stores Accept Mentally Disabled Applicants
Impaired individuals have a shot at working in one of Apple's retail stores
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- November 26th, 2008
Did You Know: The Story Behind the OS X Chime / Startup Sound
Steve Jobs had the final say on choosing the OS X chime, obviously
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- September 18th, 2008
Did You Know: The Mac Is Not a Direct Descendant of the Apple Lisa
The Apple Lisa was a personal computer designed at Apple in the early 1980s
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- September 15th, 2008
Did You Know: Who Bit Apple's Apple
Rumor has it it's not just Isaac Newton that the Apple logo pays tribute to
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- August 19th, 2008
Did You Know: Spotlight Doubles as a Calculator
Besides its indexing capabilities, Spotlight can offer the result of an equation in an instant