17th June 2016
What is virtual reality and how will it change your life?
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14th April 2016
At what age did Bill Gates drop out of Harvard University?
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. He is a billionaire. In 1975 he dropped out of Harvard University in his second year when he was nineteen. ‘When I dropped out,’ Gates said, ‘I told my dad I’d be back.’
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29th December 2015
The first computer game to be played in space
StarCraft, developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows in 1998, was the first computer game to be played in space. The game is about three species who fight for dominance. The mission specialist of the space shuttle mission STS-96, a StarCraft fan, took a CD of the game with him to space. After orbiting the Earth 153 times and travelling 3.5 million nautical miles. The CD now is housed at Blizzard’s home office.
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