Geek Fact for May 3rd

By Judy Novotny / 05/03/2012 / 1 Comment / Geek Facts

In 1978, the first documented spam email was sent.

A marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the computer network that eventually became the Internet. The recipients were not happy.

About The Author

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.

1 thought on “Geek Fact for May 3rd”

Heather Rosen
05/04/2012 at 10:06 pm
Hope this question comes up on Jeopardy. I could win a fortune with the facts I learn from you!

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