Phrase Archive

  • HTC submits trademark application for new catchphrase: Quietly Brilliant

    HTC submits trademark application for new catchphrase: Quietly Brilliant

    HTC, formerly known as High Tech Computer Corporation, has become quite a household name over the past couple years, what with all its high profile WinMo and Android-powered phones saturating the global mobilesphere. It comes as no surprise, then, that HTC has decided to update its company catchphrase from the old ‘ HTC Innovation’ to [...]

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  • Kodomo No Nomimono: Beer for kids

    Kodomo No Nomimono: Beer for kids

    After a long, hard day of… playing with toys, watching cartoons, and napping, nothing spells refreshment like a frosty glass of Kodomo No Nomimono – a phrase which I can only assume means something close to "beer for kids" in Japanese.

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  • Video: This is what Sweden’s Pirate Party is all about

    Video: This is what Sweden’s Pirate Party is all about

    Probably the name needs to change, but Sweden's Pirate Party has its heart in the right place. It doesn't aim to give everyone the right to download the latest Modest Mouse album from privatetorrents.com all willy nilly (as the Huffington Post implies), but rather to reform copyright laws so that they accurately reflect the 21st century. And as you may already know, the party had its first European MP elected in the most recent elections.

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  • RIAA chief spokesman: ‘DRM is dead, isn’t it?’

    RIAA chief spokesman: ‘DRM is dead, isn’t it?’

    The chief spokesman for the RIAA, one Jonathan Lamy, has gone on record to say what any normal, not-on-the-RIAA-payroll person has been saying for some time now: “DRM is dead, isn't it?” Yes. Yes it it.

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  • LucasArts will show some Star Wars love at San Diego Comic Con

    LucasArts will show some Star Wars love at San Diego Comic Con

    The San Diego Comic Con is next week, and there's bound to be more than a few video game announcements worth paying attention to. Chief among them, maybe: what's LucasArts up to? The company has sent an e-mail with the phrase that pays: “There will be several world exclusive announcements at the Star Wars Spectacular keynote.”

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  • In 8 hours, Windows 7 pre-orders overtake Vista pre-orders

    In 8 hours, Windows 7 pre-orders overtake Vista pre-orders

    Looks like Microsft may well have a hit on its hands in Windows 7. In just eight hours, Windows 7 pre-orders outpaced the total number of pre-orders for Vista on Amazon UK. Vista was available for pre-order for a full 17 weeks, so this is something of an accomplishment for Microsoft.

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  • Tweeting WWDC

    Tweeting WWDC

    /* widget config */ var jtw_search = 'apple or 3gs or wwdc'; /* keywords or phrase to send to search.twitter.com and display */ The words “iPhone 3G S” are on everyone’s lips here at the Moscone Center and the world [...]

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