NorK n.— «Speaking of the NorK’s, it were these same talented individuals who provided President Bush with the intelligence that: despite a pact made with North Korea that we would send food and build “clean” nuclear reactors...
squirt v.— «Once the firmware is installed the Zune bears a new Community command—one that allows you to share (or “squirt,” in Microsoft parlance) tunes between Zunes.» —“Zune Diary: Software and syncing” by Christopher...
LiveCD n.— «GeeXboX, which incidentally has no affiliation or tie in with the Microsoft console, is a fully operational Media Center solution available on what’s known as a LiveCD. It works on both x86 and PowerPC based computers and is...
blue badger n.— «To create a mass product, Microsoft can’t design products for the “blue badgers,” as Microsofties call themselves (their identity passes are blue).» —“Coming Zune” by Nina Shapiro Seattle...
white box n.— «I think you have to consider that system builders—or white-box manufacturers, as they are commonly called—have often voiced frustration with Microsoft’s pricing policy toward them.…White boxes still make up a large...
neogeography n.— «Online maps such as those offered by software firms Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft have become ubiquitous tools for finding directions from Point A to Point B. But creative travelers around the world are now embracing the...