Fact for the day: 10-07-2012

David Bradley wrote the code for the [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] key sequence.

The worlds most widely used operating system, Windows, was originally named interface manager.

Consider this carefully: The Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft, is the largest software developer for long term rivals Apple. It's latest release is Office 2011 for Mac.

The stair-step effect that can be seen in diagonal lines of some computer graphics is called 'the jaggies'.

The first patent for the bar code - US Patent #2,612,994 was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7,1952.

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