Word: laptopping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trucks. Not to be outdone, Chrysler plans to roll out a stand-out-in-a-crowd version of its popular Dodge Ram this fall. Designed to resemble a scaled-down 18-wheeler, the truck will come in viper red colors and be equipped with inside pockets and panels for laptop computers...
Jack O'Leary, a sports-writer for the Boston Herald, stopped typing away on the small keyboard of his standard-issue Radio Shack laptop and looked up at me from across the fold-up table. "You're not going into this business, are you?" he asked gruffly...
...complete system containing all compounds necessary for everyday use, from a powerful central processing unit (CPU) to a screen that can display more than a dozen lines of text, a full-size keyboard, and adequate amount of storage. Anything that weighs more than eight pounds is classified as a laptop-which has declined in popularity-and if a system goes under three pounds, it is called a subnotebook. Those under one pound are referred to as "palmtops...
...ruled out. Every electrical device creates a certain amount of radiation. Portable phones, remote-control toys and other radio transmitters emit signals that can carry for miles, and their use on planes has long been banned. But most airlines still let passengers use cassette players, tape recorders and laptop computers, which make far less electromagnetic noise...
...planes have crashed and no lives have been lost -- so far. But TIME has obtained a stack of pilot reports linking a series of "anomalies" to a wide variety of electronic gadgets, from laptop computers to Nintendo Game Boys. In one striking example, a plane flying out of Chicago started veering off course while its VOR dials dimmed and danced around. When the passenger in seat 9-D turned off his laptop, the report states, the "panel lights immediately brightened dramatically and all navigation aids returned to normal...