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Sources claim this term is almost 20 years old but in 2005 it seemed to appear everywhere. It means the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally a retail bellwether for the upcoming holiday shopping – when stores hope to be “in the black.” |
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Join the Board |
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Snowboarding, a newer phenomenon than the other two, shows a distinctly seasonal pattern – after all, it’s most effective when there’s snow. But regardless of geography or season, each adrenaline pumper has its own partisans and plenty of search interest. |
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Year of the Wiki |
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As the open source concept has moved from software development to photo-sharing to blogging, wikis – collaborative, editable web-based projects – have come into their own. And Wikipedia, the multi-language, meta-compendium of information has grown immensely this year. Despite a recent controversy about the accuracy of information that is melded by many writers and editors, the popularity of this open source approach is considerable. |
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Digitization Continues |
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Cognoscenti may know that MP3 is the audio file format everyone is using to hear and share music, but the name of a certain company’s device that such files are played on is even easier to remember. Apple’s iPod inspired another new term: podcasting, which signifies producing or listening to digital audio on that very same portable device.
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