Word: celling
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...turns out that despite all their strengths, computers and cell phones are lousy timekeepers. Most computers carry an on-board clock powered by a separate battery. As the battery drains over time, the computer's timekeeping becomes less accurate. To sidestep this problem, most computers use the Internet to sync with an external server. (Both Microsoft and Apple operate external time servers synced to the atomic clocks carrying the official U.S. time.) But if a computer doesn't have an active Internet connection, or if time-synching is somehow turned off, a computer's clock can run askew. In addition...
Mobile devices are beset by timekeeping problems of their own. Most phones receive the time from cell-phone towers. But there's no guarantee the time servers sync up between different providers. Smart devices receive time information in a number of different ways. For a BlackBerry, the time is synched with the data network when activated, but it receives a second time feed when it's connected to a computer - so if the computer's time is off, the BlackBerry's clock gets distorted...
...ever tried charging for content has failed. Murdoch is out of touch, they suggest. Michael Wolff, whose book on Murdoch, The Man Who Owns the News, came out in December, says he was shocked to learn that Murdoch didn't have an e-mail address, could barely use his cell phone and had not been on the Internet unaided. "Technology," writes Wolff, "has always been regarded as one of those things, like fancy hotels, or long-form writing, that are not part of [News Corp.'s] culture...
...corrections-technology industry - focusing on preventing and squashing unrest - has grown in recent years, offering such products as cell doors that swing in both directions to prevent barricades, as well as stab- and slash-resistant body armor for corrections officers. Many of these products will be showcased at the annual Mock Prison Riot trade show to be held next spring in West Virginia. Its slogan: "Where technology meets mayhem...
...this buyer's market, any item is now fair game. Shoppers are scoring deals on cell-phone plans, meat, furniture, even nursing homes. One Florida woman knocked off nearly half the price of a $3,875-per-month room for her father, who suffers from dementia. (See 10 things to buy during the recession...