1. Biggest Internet Shopping Mall
The Internet Mall has a record 27,000 on-screen virtual shops and more than 1 million subscribers in the UK alone. It uses 65,000 shops around the globe to create the service, which is available in more than 150 countries. Products ranging from popcorn to car insurance are delivered within 48 hours.
2. Earliest Internet Browser
The Internet Mall has a record 27,000 on-screen virtual shops and more than 1 million subscribers in the UK alone. It uses 65,000 shops around the globe to create the service, which is available in more than 150 countries. Products ranging from popcorn to car insurance are delivered within 48 hours.
2. Earliest Internet Browser
Released on April 22, 1993, NCSA Mosaic was the world's first Internet browser. It was created by researchers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) of the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and was designed to allow people to easily retrieve data from computer networks.
3. Internet Speed Record
3. Internet Speed Record
On 14 April 2004 a team of engineers from Sprint Corporation in San Jose, California, USA, and the Swedish National Research and Education Network successfully transmitted 838.86 gigabytes of data over a distance of 16,343 km (10,155 miles) in 1,588 seconds. The resulting record value of 69,073 terabit metres-per-second was achieved over public networks using IPv4. The start and end points of the transmission were San Jose, California, USA, and the University of ***eå , ***eå , Sweden.
4. Largest Domain Ownership
According to NetNames Ltd., as of April 2000, the USA has over 11 million domains of the 15,719,462 that exist worldwide.
4. Largest Domain Ownership
According to NetNames Ltd., as of April 2000, the USA has over 11 million domains of the 15,719,462 that exist worldwide.
5. Largest Free Email Provider
MSN Hotmail is the world's largest free web-based e-mail service provider, with more than 110 million active subscribers as of January 2003. The Hotmail user base has grown more than 10 times since January 1998 – more than the world population has grown in the last fifty years – and on most days, the number of new people signing up for an account is greater than the number of babies born into the world!
An average of 40 million Hotmail emails are sent each day, and MSN have estimated that their service saves 500 trees – that's about 72,720 kg – of paper per day.
An average of 40 million Hotmail emails are sent each day, and MSN have estimated that their service saves 500 trees – that's about 72,720 kg – of paper per day.
6. Largest Internet Search Engine
Google, with around 2.215 billion pages, has the largest continually-refreshed index of webpages of all the world's search engines. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Their first office was a garage in Menlo Park, California, USA, which opened in September 1998 with a staff of four people.
7. Most Expensive Internet Domain Name
The Internet domain name business.com was sold by Texan entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky on Dec 1 1999 for £4.6 million ($7.5 million)
Marc, a 38-year-old Houston media entrepreneur, bought the domain name from a London Internet service provider for $150,000 in 1996, the same year his children's nanny won $21 million in the Texas lottery. Ostrofsky is not only a savvy businessman but also a very thoughtful husband. When he sold the domain name www.eflowers.com for $25,000 –and 50 cents on every transaction at that site – he made eFlowers promise to send his wife a dozen roses each month for the rest of her life!
Marc, a 38-year-old Houston media entrepreneur, bought the domain name from a London Internet service provider for $150,000 in 1996, the same year his children's nanny won $21 million in the Texas lottery. Ostrofsky is not only a savvy businessman but also a very thoughtful husband. When he sold the domain name www.eflowers.com for $25,000 –and 50 cents on every transaction at that site – he made eFlowers promise to send his wife a dozen roses each month for the rest of her life!
FIVE MOST EXPENSIVE DOMAIN NAMESBusiness.com – $7.5 million
AsSeenOnTv.com – $5.1 million
Altavista.com – $3.3 million
Wine.com – $2.9 million
Autos.com – $2.2 million
AsSeenOnTv.com – $5.1 million
Altavista.com – $3.3 million
Wine.com – $2.9 million
Autos.com – $2.2 million
8. Most Questions Asked Online
On May 17, 1997, Sir Paul McCartney received over 3 million questions from fans in 30 minutes, during a web event to promote his album Flaming Pie.
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