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As of June 2009, there were about 18 million domain names in existence.
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  1. Fact

  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction:There are 180 million domain names out there.

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Correct Option: C

One of the most important predecessors of the Internet was a network called NETLINX. It started in 1979 with a connection between Harvard and MIT.
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  3. almost fiction: The schools were Yale and Princeton.

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Correct Option: C

The Samsung i5000, which came out in 1996, was the first cell phone with Internet access.

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  1. Fact

  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction: Right year, but it was the Nokia 9000 Communicator

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Correct Option: C

The first widely used Web browser was called Mosaic, which was introduced in 1993.
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  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction:Mosaic rolled out in 1989.

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Correct Option: A

March 10, 2000, is the date of the infamous dot-com "bubble burst."
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  3. almost fiction: It was May 10, 2000.

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Correct Option: A

After July 1, 2009, all computers sold in China will come with software that won't allow users to type brofanity keywords.
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  1. Fact

  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction: True, but it also blocks other stuff, like anti-government sites and anything related to the Tiananmen Square protests

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Correct Option: C

By some estimates, "cyberslacking" costs companies around the world $1 billion a year.

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  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction: It's more like $10 billion a year

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Correct Option: C

If you forward this quiz to 10 of your friends in the next 10 minutes, Bill Gates will give you a free trip for two to Disney World!
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  1. Fact

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  3. almost fiction: You'll actually get a $25 gift certificate to the Gap!

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Correct Option: B

One of the most important predecessors of the Internet was a network called NETLINX. It started back in 1979 with a connection between Harvard and MIT.
general knowledge science & technology

  1. Fact

  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction: The schools were Yale and Princeton.

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Correct Option: B

By some estimates, "cyberslacking" costs companies around the globe $1 billion a year.
general knowledge science & technology

  1. Fact

  2. Fiction

  3. almost fiction: It's more like $10 billion a year

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Correct Option: A