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The Queue: Like learning a new language!

2,113 views · Published 23 August 2007 · 3:08 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: CNET · 2007 · News & Politics

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Xohm, Bacn, and Tafiti: three new tech terms you and your friends will be throwing around in no time. Find out what they mean, and why America is squirming. 
http://www.cnettv.com/9710-1_53-29002.html
GOOD DAY INTERNET...I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV AND YOU ARE IN THE QUEUE...
MORE TECH THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A MOUSE AT...
OH...STOP YOUR SQUIRMING FOR SEC...AND CHECK OUT OUR MUST CLICK MOMENT...
THE BUS CHANGE...
THE CHEESE GRATER...
THE THIGH MASTER?
JOCKEY HOPING TO SCORE A VIRAL TOUCHDOWN WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN URGING AMERICANS TO STOP SQUIRMING...
THE SITE FEATURING 30 POPULAR SQUIRMS FOR GUYS AND GIRLS...COMPLETE WITH FLASH VIDEO EXPLANATIONS.
I LOVE WHEN COMPANIES COIN NEW NAMES FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES...
LIKE WHEN VERIZION WAS UNVEILED...AND I'D TELL EVERYONE IT MEANT ON THE VERGE OF A NEW HORIZON...
NOW SPRINT HAS ZOAM...
IT'S THE NEW BRAND NAME FOR THEIR WI-MAX MOBILE INTERNET...
WI-MAX IS 4-G WIRLESS BROADBAND...
THE SERVICE SIMILAR TO WI-FI BUT IT'S MORE RELIABLE SINCE IT USES A LICENSED PART OF THE SPECTRUM...
SPRINT WORKING WITH MAJOR ELECTRONICS MAKERS TO BUILD XOAM CAPABILITIES INTO DEVICES LIKE CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS AND DIGITAL CAMERAS.
LOOK FOR SERVICE STARTING IN 2008.
FIRST THERE WAS SPAM...
AND NOW LEGIT COMPANIES ARE MAKIN BACN.
VOTHE LATEST SILLY NET NAME COMES FROM A BRAINSTORM OF TECH GEEKS AT PODCAST CAMP IN PITTSBURG...
YES, A CITY KEY TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND KETCHUP NOW MAKES A NAME FOR IT'S SELF AS DEFINING THE SIDE ORDER WE'RE SEEING IN OUR INBOX EVERY DAY...
BACN IS MIDDLE CLASS EMAIL - FACEBOOK ALERTS, TWITTER FOLLOW UPDATES, AMAZON RECOMMENDATIONS...
YOU KNOW THE STUFF...NOT EXACTLY SPAM...BUT IF YOU DON'T READ IT...YOU'D LIVE.
ON ENTOURAGE...TURTLE PRIDES HIMSELF ON RARE AND EXPENSIVE KICKS YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ON ANYONE ELSE'S FEET.
WITH NIKE ID - YOU CAN THROW OUT THOSE PLANS TO SET UP YOUR OWN SWEATSHOP...
NO CUTTING FABRIC OR STITCHING HERE...
JUST AN EASY TO USE WEBSITE THAT LETS YOU CUSTOMIZE NINTEEN DIFFERENT SPORTING GOODS - INCLUDING SNEAKERS, SHIRTS, AND WATCHES.
START WITH A BLANK SLATE OR ONE OF NIKE'S PRE-MADE TEMPLATES...
 THEN CHOOSE THE COLOR OF EVERYTHING FROM THE TIP, AIRBAG, SOLE AND SWOOSH.
YOU CAN EVEN ADD CHEEKY SAYINGS TO THE BACK OF YOUR LEFT AND RIGHTS...
200 BUCKS AND 4 WEEKS LATER...
ANYONE WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THIS STUFF WILL BE JEALOUS!
FINALLY - THE BETA..
SWAHILI IS APPARENTLY ALL THE RAGE THESE DAYS WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING NEW SITES...
MUST BE THE ONLY UNREGISTERED NAMES LEFT...
SO EBAY HAS KAJIJI...AND NOW MICROSOFT HAS TAFITI!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
DO RESEARCH...
THE SITE HELPS PEOPLE USE THE WEB FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE SITTING...
THERE ARE WAYS TO SEARCH THE WEB, NEWS, RSS FEEDS, PICTURES, AND BOOKS...
YOU CAN EASILY SAVE AND LABEL CLIPPINGS FOR LATER.
THE SLICK SITE POWERED BY SILVERLIGHT...
MICROSOFT'S ANSWER TO ADOBE FLASH.
YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE TREE VIEW...
WHOA, LOOK AT THE TIME...THAT'S IT!
I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV IN NEW YORK CITY...
AND I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED A NEW LANGUAGE TODAY!

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