Geek Fact for January 13th

By Judy Novotny / 01/13/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1989, hundreds of IBM computers across Britain were hit by the “Friday the 13th” virus.

The virus wiped out program files and caused considerable anxiety at a time when large-scale computer viruses were a relatively new threat.

Learn more at http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-13/news/mn-402_1_computer-virus

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.