Computer use worldwide

Google is the most used internet search engine in the world. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while during their studies at Stanford University and it was incorporated as a private company on September4, 1998.Since 1998 it has indexed more than 12 billion web pages, images and other items. It is also one of the fastest-growing companies of all time, with earnings in 2005 of $6.1 billion. In 1943 Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM, made one of the least accurate predictions ever. He said, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” There are now over one billion personal computers around the world. Forecasts for 2007, estimate that by then there will be 162 computers in use for every 1,000 people on the planet. The figure for some countries will be much higher. In the USA there may be as many as 831 per 1,000 people on the planet. The figure for some countries will be much higher.