And what is popular today might be outdated in a few months.
In the dot-com area, things can be outdated in six months.
They may be outdated in the digital age, but they have telephone wiring and are often supplied with electricity.
"Apple's Long-Awaited Shift on Music" (editorial, Jan . 9 seems a bit outdated in its characterizations of the music industry.
Naturally there's a lot of technological jargon and inevitably some of it will be outdated in a few years' time.
While the traditional Anglo-Saxon names we once accorded with prose mastery are outdated in a world of Junots and Téas, certain tried-and-true guidelines remain.
The network of stores - which seem outdated in the on-demand era of Netflix - could become a platform to reach new Dish Network customers and handle service issues.
This approach to politics feels as outdated in today's world as Tamagotchis and dancing the Macarena - the long discarded relics of the 1990s.
When you talk to employers, they aren't really focused on skills that can be easily taught, and might be outdated in five years.
But the greatest accolade is the collection of clothes on display at Galliera: nothing dusty in concept or outdated in style.
THE ARTS Because of a production error, the second page of the Arts section on Thursday was outdated in some editions.
