Significant developments in the evolution of the computer

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Significant developments in the evolution of the
computer

• 1977 Apple II is introduced to consumers.
• 1981 IBM PC is introduced to consumers.
• 1984 Apple Macintosh introduces consumers to the
  mouse and graphical user interface.
• 1994 Commercial users go online and the World
  Wide Web is born.

Source See The Course of Change, The Wall
Street Journal, November 16, 1998, p.R4.
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WSJ Tabs on Tech

• 56 of 11-17 year olds own or use cellphone
  (heaviest users of text messaging of all age
  groups), cf. 77 of adults 18-24
• Unsolicited e-mail rose to 62 of all e-mail
  messages for 2/04, w/ 80 of the nuisance
  messages originating in U.S.
• Products are 24 of total spam, financial 18,
  adult 14, and scam spam (attacks that are
  intentionally misleading) 11
• Spammers increasingly trying to take advantage of
  gift-giving holidays such as Valentines Day
• Valentines Day related spam increased to more
  than 15 million messages in 2004, cf. one million
  in 2003
• Adult-related offers (category that includes
  dating sites as well as adult toys and pills)
  most popular, followed by flowers and chocolates

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WSJ Tabs on Tech

• More parents keeping close eye on their kids
  Internet activity, even snooping on teenagers wo/
  their knowledge
• 62 of parents check up on childs surfing
  habits, only 33 of teens aware their parents
  monitor them
• Filters have become tool of choice
• 64 of teens admit to doing things online they
  wouldnt want their parents to know about
• Source Pew Internet American Life Project
  November 2004 survey, reported in Wall Street
  Journal Online