What are 10 little known ways that computers have become a part of the fabric of our society?

I am looking for little know, yet interesting facts about computers, the internet, and the Information Super Highway and how it all has become second nature to most of us.

Anything would be appreciated.

What are 10 little known ways that computers have become a part of the fabric of our society?anti virus

1. There are computer chips in almost every household appliance.

2. The Barkhor cybercafe in Lhassa Tibet at 4000 meter is the highest cybercafe of the world

3. When a webpage is sent the information is broken up in packets, which do not necessarily take the same route.

4. One third of all internet traffic is directed to porn sites.

5. An integrated circuits may carry 20000 times more transistors than 30 years ago.

6. Google's PageRank was not originally meant to specify ''web pages''. The ''page'' part of PageRank was named for Larry Page, one of the founders of Google.

7. Despite the impact of mobile phones more than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

8. 2.5 billion kilometers of telephone (NDTC) wire is strung across the U.S.

9. The original Sony 1.44 Mb disk came with a lifelong guarantee.However modern PC are no longer equipped to read them.

10. The first web browser was invented at the CERN Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva

What are 10 little known ways that computers have become a part of the fabric of our society?auto protect

Do your homework yourself!

But seriously, online shopping, information spreading, citizen journalists, communication.

I suppose those aren't little known.

How about the emails used in the Enron scandal and Rove-gate?