Fun Facts Archive

Jul 22nd 2005 by Gareth Williams	Wonderful Spam? The popularity of email has brought with it the unfortunate side effect of unsolicited messages, otherwise known as spam. But how did this term come to be and what does the 1937 "miracle meat in a can...
Jul 20th 2005 by Gareth Williams	How Bluetooth Got Its Name This Rudyard Kipling like tale requires a little background information on what exactly Bluetooth is and why it was developed before the origins of its name can be fully appreciated. In 1994 a grou...
Jun 23rd 2005 by Gareth Williams	The History Of The '@' Symbol The actual history of the symbol is murky and ambiguous with no single reliable source. A common interpretation is that it has evolved from the Latin word 'ad' meaning 'to, toward, at'. Cursive writin...