Newpeat • a TV episode edited to include previously unseen material.

Sat Tags • GPS satellite markers that track the whereabouts of animals (or product shipments). Also Geoslavery • using technology (such as GPS and biometric scanning) to track the location and activity of workers (or prisoners).

Netroots • online grassroot support for a political candidate.

Podslurping • illicit copying of data to a portable storage device (eg, iPod).

e-Thugs • online cyber-bullies.

Great Firewall of China • attempt by Beijing to control China’s internet.

Lifecasting • web-casting all of one’s activities – 24 hours a day.

God Machine or the Jesus Phone • Apple’s much anticipated iPhone.

iSlavery • Apple’s attempt to lock iPhone users into one network provider. Also iFreedom • the goal of those who seek to unlock their iPhones.

Nerd Rapture • the ecstasy of ‘gadget freaks’ when confronted by objects such as the iPhone.

Nerdcore • a ‘hardcore nerd’.

Macolyte • one who worships at the altar of all things Apple.

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