Even the final frontier is getting crowded these days, as illustrated by the 2009 smashup of an American communications satellite with a Russian one. The U.S. is currently tracking space objects with an outmoded system commissioned in 1961. But that will start to change in September when crews on ...
As the display-resolution arms race heats up, computer and mobile device makers need to look beyond silicon to get sharper images. By replacing the backplane of LCD displays' silicon with the semiconductor indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO), manufacturers can shrink pixel size, making screens ...
Slang for speaking aimlessly on a mishmash of topics, or to stuff someone's brain with information of questionable content. For example "This guy on AOL started spammin' me about Rush Limbaugh's superior intellect."
In the world of IT this term refers to places that have wireless Internet connections. Many national and local retailers, especially coffee shops, are adding wireless hot spots to provide the tech-savvy another reason to stop in and spend some money and some time.
From the term "metamorphosis," it is to turn one thing into another. It most commonly refers to special effects morphing and it is the animated transformation of one image into another, by a gradual distortion of the first image. Certain points of the first image move to the position of ...
A play on the word "Photoshop," the software graphics program created by Adobe, it refers to anything being "touched up" or digitally manipulated. For example, "Did you see that magazine interview with Cher? Not only has she had major plasto but they totally photoshopped ...
This expression refers to lost production time due to a broken machine and its operator being unable to work. In modern usage, it refers to a slow network, or to the time a person needs to relax and recoup after hard work. For example, "I finished the project on Thursday and headed to Napa ...
Susanna Victoria Reid is an English journalist and presenter best known as the co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2003 until her departure in early 2014. She currently co-presents the newly-launched ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain alongside Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean ...
