It was only a matter of time before the first legitimate iPhone buyer listed their unit on eBay for millions of dollars, but at least seller “ansiv” has an excuse: like a puddle of water forming the ...

Microsoft is taking steps to try and educate parents about their children's increased involvement in the internet with a series of guides including A parent's primer to computer slang and 10 tips for ...

Could you please explain something called “leetspeak”? My computer repair person was telling me about it, but it didn’t make a lot of sense to me. Thanks, Mr. M. Leetspeak, or leet for short, is a ...

Internet slang has seeped into our everyday vocabulary thanks to technology enthusiasts or run-of-the-mill people looking for shorthand to save keystrokes or hackers seeking code to cloak their ...

If you’ve spent any time on the internet (welcome!), then you have probably come across leetspeak and internet slang. But what is online lingo in one culture might be different in another. None of ...

TEh INTeRn3T i5 THr3@+EN1N9 t0 Ch@n93 thE W4Y wE $p34k. (Translation: The Internet is threatening to change the way we speak.) ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The overuse of smartphones is becoming starkly evident in the academic lives of students. So much so that teachers and exam assessors are not surprised to spot abbreviated words, even emoticons in ...