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Jargon Watch: Fatosphere, Cellphone Novel, Yo Yo, cut it with your cellphone novel and check out the fatosphere. Wired deciphers the latest in Jargon Watch. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Fatosphere, Cellphone Novel, Yo Yo, cut it with your cellphone novel and check out the fatosphere. Wired deciphers the latest in Jargon Watch. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Sound Blast, Frolleague, Twiller Sound blast n. A supersize sound bite, blasted over the Internet by a tech-savvy politician. Barack Obama's campaign speeches, uploaded onto YouTube and viewed by millions, have defined the form. The average sound bite is 10.3 seconds; a typical sound blast is 10 minutes or more. Fr Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Sound Blast, Frolleague, Twiller Sound blast n. A supersize sound bite, blasted over the Internet by a tech-savvy politician. Barack Obama's campaign speeches, uploaded onto YouTube and viewed by millions, have defined the form. The average sound bite is 10.3 seconds; a typical sound blast is 10 minutes or more. Fr Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Voggy, Admixed Embryo, Memristors Voggy adj. Smoggy weather caused when volcanoes, like Hawaii's active Kilauea, release sulfur dioxide that combines with dust and sunlight. Admixed embryo n. Legalese for any early-stage embryo combining human and nonhuman genes or tissue. Encompassing both cybrids and chimeras Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Voggy, Admixed Embryo, Memristors Voggy adj. Smoggy weather caused when volcanoes, like Hawaii's active Kilauea, release sulfur dioxide that combines with dust and sunlight. Admixed embryo n. Legalese for any early-stage embryo combining human and nonhuman genes or tissue. Encompassing both cybrids and chimeras Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Green Crude, Popcorning, Edupunk Green crude n. A new kind of crude oil harvested from genetically engineered algae. The dark-green syrup thrives on CO2, which could be funneled from coal-burning power plants, and can be made into gasoline or diesel in conventional refineries. The results burn cleaner than petroleum fuels. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Jargon Watch: Green Crude, Popcorning, Edupunk Green crude n. A new kind of crude oil harvested from genetically engineered algae. The dark-green syrup thrives on CO2, which could be funneled from coal-burning power plants, and can be made into gasoline or diesel in conventional refineries. The results burn cleaner than petroleum fuels. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Show Us Your Flagrant Cellphone-Use Photo If you've left your house in the past 10 years, chances are good that you've been wronged by someone on a cellphone. And, let's admit it, you've probably also wronged someone else. Whether it's chatting through your coffee purchase or cutting someone off on the freeway, cellphone use can turn the Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Show Us Your Flagrant Cellphone-Use Photo If you've left your house in the past 10 years, chances are good that you've been wronged by someone on a cellphone. And, let's admit it, you've probably also wronged someone else. Whether it's chatting through your coffee purchase or cutting someone off on the freeway, cellphone use can turn the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Watch as Olympic Torch Protests Hit San Francisco From Twitter to streaming cellphone video, geeks take to the streets and blast protest coverage online. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Watch as Olympic Torch Protests Hit San Francisco From Twitter to streaming cellphone video, geeks take to the streets and blast protest coverage online. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations : LOS ANGELES — A new MacGyver-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on the planet. Using only an LED, plastic light filter and some wires, scientists at UCLA have modded a cellphone into a portable blood tester capable of de Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Scientists Hack Cellphone to Analyze Blood, Detect Disease, Help Developing Nations : LOS ANGELES — A new MacGyver-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on the planet. Using only an LED, plastic light filter and some wires, scientists at UCLA have modded a cellphone into a portable blood tester capable of de Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Crime writer surfed Web for latest novel LONDON (Reuters) - Thriller writer Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels, hit on the idea for his next novel while surfing the Internet and reading about suicide bombers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Final Arthur C Clarke novel on the way Last Theorem is last hurrah The final novel by legendary sci-fi author Arthur C Clarke is to be published in August.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Author, 93, uses novel royalties to help friends avoid nursing homes A 93-year-old woman who has had her first novel published buys a house in Devon to help friends avoid going into nursing homes. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Cops Need Warrant for Cellphone Location Data, Judge Rules Learning where someone was when they made a cellphone call just got harder for cops, after a federal judge ruled they need to do more than promise the information is relevant. While the ruling is not binding around the country, it's the first-known ruling to force police to get a warrant to get at s Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Cops Need Warrant for Cellphone Location Data, Judge Rules Learning where someone was when they made a cellphone call just got harder for cops, after a federal judge ruled they need to do more than promise the information is relevant. While the ruling is not binding around the country, it's the first-known ruling to force police to get a warrant to get at s Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Seven (More) Gadgets Killed by the Cellphone Yesterday's list of Five Gadgets That Were Killed by the Cellphone proved rather popular. It also provoked a lot of response and some suggestions for yet more victims of the cellphone's relentless growth. Here are few of the things we didn't include, yet have certainly been clobbered by the gadget w Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |