• Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • February 7th, 2020
Did You Know: The Original Windows XP Ad Was Canceled Before Launch Due to 9/11

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

Did You Know: Bill Gates Bought Da Vinci’s Codex to Create a Windows Screensaver

Did You Know: Bill Gates Bought Da Vinci’s Codex to Create a Windows Screensaver

The screensaver was part of Microsoft Plus!

Did You Know? Microsoft Has Its Own Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Screensaver

Did You Know? Microsoft Has Its Own Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Screensaver

Screensaver was purchased as part of Winternals acquisition

Did You Know? The Famous Microsoft Sound in Windows 95 Was Created on a Mac

Did You Know? The Famous Microsoft Sound in Windows 95 Was Created on a Mac

Startup sound creator says he actually hated PCs

Did You Know? The Default Microsoft Outlook Contact Pic Was Bill Gates’ Mug Shot

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

Did You Know? Microsoft, Apple and Nokia All Mocked Android When It Launched

Did You Know? Microsoft, Apple and Nokia All Mocked Android When It Launched

And yet, look where Android is right now

Did You Know? The Windows XP Wallpaper Was So Expensive FedEx Refused to Ship It

Did You Know? The Windows XP Wallpaper Was So Expensive FedEx Refused to Ship It

Instead, it was hand-delivered to Microsoft

Did You Know: Apple Sells a World Travel Adapter Kit

Did You Know: Apple Sells a World Travel Adapter Kit

Consider this $39 purchase before you embark your plane

Did You Know: Steve Jobs Has Dyslexia

Did You Know: Steve Jobs Has Dyslexia

Jobs also had an odor problem around the time he worked for Atari

Did You Know: Apple Will Recycle Your Computer for Free, and Give You an iTunes Gift Card

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

Did You Know: You Could Study iPhone App Development at Your School

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

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

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

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

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

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

Did You Know: Spotlight Doubles as a Calculator

Besides its indexing capabilities, Spotlight can offer the result of an equation in an instant

 
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