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9 Common Idioms That Come from Technology

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2008-04-01 16:07:01 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...common idioms come from the Bible and the writings of Shakespearethink "forbidden fruit" and "all's well that ends well"but what about phrases from science and technology? I looked at some everyday phrases and exposed their technological beginnings. Note: I did my best to find first origins and uses of these terms, but I am certainly open to...
 
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9 Common Idioms That Come from Technology

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2008-04-01 16:07:01 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...common idioms come from the Bible and the writings of Shakespearethink "forbidden fruit" and "all's well that ends well"but what about phrases from science and technology? I looked at some everyday phrases and exposed their technological beginnings. Note: I did my best to find first origins and uses of these terms, but I am certainly open to...
 
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Motorola Announces Common Wireless Broadband Platform to Support Both WiMAX and LTE

2008-03-27 09:51:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...common wireless broadband platform that will be used to support both WiMAX 802.16e access points and the Long Term Evolution (LTE) evolved Node-B (eNodeB). The new common platform is physically smaller than the first generation WiMAX product, further reducing operators deployment and operating costs. Motorolas flexible modem technology allows...
 
Tags: lte, wimax, motorola, lte application, motorolas lte solution, motorolas wi4 wimax, lte product solutions, motorola home, wimax networks
 
 
 
 
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Want technology explained in plain English? Common Craft is for you

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2008-03-14 13:18:20 by diane in Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women
 
...Common Craft , a kindhearted company making free videos to explain all manner of tech-type stuff "in Plain English When Geekbrief goddess Cali Lewis interviewed Lee LeFever , one of Common Craft's founders, she said his Twitter in Plain English video had instantly converted two non-techie family members to social networking/micro-blogging...
 
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Ericsson selected by Celcom to deploy a common core network

2008-03-31 18:10:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...common foundation for new services. The deployment of Ericsson Mobile Softswitch also marks the first crucial step for Celcom in migrating its core network to an all-IP architecture Upon completion, Celcom will benefit from the convenience and simplicity of having a single, common infrastructure that can handle both 2G and 3G network...
 
Tags: network, ericsson, celcom, network intelligence, core network, fixed network infrastructure, mobile, mobile tv, ericsson malaysia
 
 
 
 
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Dial2Do lets you do common tasks by calling a number and speaking

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2008-03-24 11:14:07 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...common task like record note, send email or SMS, update your Twitter or Jaiku status and you're in the middle of the road or just don't want to type anything at that moment simple dial a number, speak and Dial2Do will get things done for ya. It's that easy and I really don't know what else to say about it. The video demonstration, which...
 
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What Is The Most Common Life-Like Form on Earth?

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2008-04-21 16:15:33 by Michael in Medgadget
...common seawater typically contains millions of them. Extrapolating, phages are likely to be at least a billion billion (sic) times more numerous than humans. Pictured above is an electron micrograph of over a dozen bacteriophages attached to a single bacterium. Phages are very small -- it would take about a million of them laid end-to-end to...
 
Tags: life, common life-like form, form, kill bacteria, bacteriophages, bacteriophages attack, bacteria, earth, phages
 
 
 
 
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What's the key to female phone seduction? Common courtesy.

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2008-02-28 12:37:00 by Editor in Shiny Shiny
It's a bit late for the dreaded V day, but a little bit of textual flirting, as we know, can set you up for the day. But how much is too much? What's the correct way to use your mobile phone to hook up? It turns out it's all about common sense, courtesy, and communication
 
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The 5 most common PC problems

2008-02-29 23:06:24 by HASH0x8bcf6ac in gadget life blog
 
...common computer problems reported by its customers last year Email Issues / Configuration (36 Internet Connectivity Issues (17 Internet Explorer / Windows Misbehaving (trouble accessing certain Web sites, security settings, pop-up blocker malfunction, etc.) (17 Malware Infections (15 Slow-Running PC (usually due to insufficient hardware...
 
Tags: internet connectivity issues, pop-up blocker malfunction, common computer, insufficient hardware resources, computer, internet explorer, email issues, security settings, malware infections