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| More becoming 'mayors' on Foursquare Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:26:15 EST In March 2009, Foursquare's founders journeyed to Austin, Texas, to announce their concept: a smartphone app that lets you tell friends where you are. A year later, their location-based networking service is catching on. |
| SXSW: 'It's spring break for nerds' Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:15:30 EST South by Southwest Interactive, which kicks off today, is billed as a showcase for the brightest minds in technology and a place to see the latest Internet innovations. Here's why it matters. |
| On Pi Day, one number 'reeks of mystery' Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:08:19 EST The sound of meditation for some people is full of deep breaths or gentle humming. For Marc Umile, it's "3.14159265358979..." |
| Beheaded Vikings found at Olympic site Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:02:33 EST They were 51 young men who met a grisly death far from home, their heads chopped off and their bodies thrown into a mass grave. |
| How safe is cloud computing? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:29 EST Stormy weather could be on the horizon for cloud computing as security experts warn not enough is being done to make sure one of the hottest IT trends is safe. |
| YouTube gives Bahraini youth window to world Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:12:20 EST Esra'a al Shafei is a 23-year-old Bahraini dedicated to providing young people in the region with the opportunity of free expression. |
| Opinion: Why Assassin's Creed 2 is no fun Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:37:45 EST Let's imagine this terrifying scenario for a moment. You come home from a long day of work and sit in front of your computer to try out your newly purchased copy of the video game Assassin's Creed 2, and then ... nothing happens. You face an immobile title screen. You check to make sure everything's plugged in -- yup, sure is -- and simply cannot figure out what's going on. "Why doesn't this game work? It cost me $60!" |
| Sony unveils Move, its PS3 motion controller Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:44:50 EST On Wednesday, Sony unveiled Move, its motion-sensitive controller. |
| Telecom king unseats Bill Gates atop richest list Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:57 EST Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top. |
| Pentagon trains workers to hack Defense computers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:39 EST The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2010 is:
sub rosa • \sub-ROH-zuh\ • adverb
: in confidence : secretly
Example sentence:
The private investigator met sub rosa with his client to show her photos of her husband rendezvousing at various local establishments with another woman.
Did you know?
"Sub rosa" literally means "under the rose" in New Latin. Since ancient times, the rose has often been associated with secrecy. In ancient mythology, Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to keep him from telling about the indiscretions of Venus. Ceilings of dining rooms have been decorated with carvings of roses, reportedly to remind guests that what was said at the table should be kept confidential. Roses have also been placed over confessionals as a symbol of the confidentiality of confession. "Sub rosa" entered the English language in the 17th century, and even before then, people were using the English version, "under the rose." Earlier still, "unter der Rose" was apparently used in Germany, where the phrase is thought to have originated.