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Google translation is coherent not: Google translation is coherent notTranslate thisFirst encounter with a translation program, right? Welcome to the bizarre world of computer-generated translation.Translation program have been around on the Internet since the early 90's, when AltaVista had its famous Babelfish site (http://babelfish.altavista.com/). In general, they are very good and are able to convey...; Tags: INTERNET, pictogram, translation program, Google Translation, Google Inc., bushing, BabelFish; Discussion threads 2006-11-10
Who will rule Web 3.0?: Who will rule Web 3.0?Nearly impossible to monetizeMr. Wainewright's statement that "Web 2.0 is bankrupt" is absolutely correct. He is also correct when he puts forth that businesses will not adopt Web 2.0 (or Web 3.0, as he prefers) until SLAs, value, etc. are possible. Most importantly, in one of...; Tags: Channel management, Web 2.0, Web, Web 3.0, data provider, data store, BabelFish; Discussion threads 2006-01-04

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VoiceTranslator (exe): The program translates what the user says and speaks the corresponding translation in another language. Uses Microsoft Speech Recognition and Text To Speech technologies,and three popular translation web services (google, babelfish and freetranslation) Includes support for local dictionaries easily extendable by the user (even while using another app, via a...; Tags: Web, Hotkey, VoiceTranslator Software, Speech Recognition, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-06-19
When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?: When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?I think you need some electrolytes.http://www.brawndo.com/;-)Just more proof......that the movie "Idiocracy" is the future of our country.Regression?You fail to take into account that this is just a more accurate reflection of our general population, with a...; Tags: INTERNET, Cellular phones, grammar, English Language; Discussion threads 2008-05-20
Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated): Remember the thermal paste problem with earlier MacBook Pros that was reported back in May 2006? Well, it's back. Read more about the grease problems in my earlier reports: Thermal grease theory - 01 May 2006 Thermal grease and the MacBook -...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-30

Hydra (exe): Hydra is an alternative web browser featuring Office 2007 style GUI. Hydra is loaded with features built right into the browser, such as a translator (using three services publicly available - Google, Babelfish and Tranexp), automatic login, form filler sort off, RSS reader, radio stations chooser, rich widgets sidebar, power...; Tags: Mouse, Radio, Quantum Corp., Hydra, Phishing, Mice, Cyberthreats, Spam, Web Browsers, RSS, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-02-22
Apple's aluminum keyboard recycled from iMac?: Noted Mac disassembler Mitsunobu Tanaka, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Kodawarisan)–who most recently dissected the 2007 iMac–has a theory about the origins of the aluminum for the new Apple keyboard.After taking apart said iMac, he concludes that Apple is using the extra aluminum from the knockout area where the display is to fabricate...; Tags: Keyboard, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2007-08-20
The $150 laptop saga: Medison's CEO speaks: Medison CEO Valdi Ivancic gives a lengthy interview about the company and whether his $150 Fedora-powered laptop is a scam.The only problem: The interview isn't in English. Ivancic is interviewed in Jnytt, a Swedish newspaper. As background, I--and a bunch of other folks--ordered a Linux laptop from a company we...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, CEO, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-07
Life without Google: Can Yahoo regain search share?: Life without Google: Can Yahoo regain search share?Message has been deleted.stop beating yahoo down blindlyTo me yahoo search is very good. I use google at work and yahoo at home. and actually I use msn on second home coputer. I do this specifically to try to keep with quality of...; Tags: Portals, DSL, Web browsers, Network technology, SEARCH, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-07-27
Another BlackBerry Curve Pix Here: This one is in an ad posted on MiBlackBerry, a Spanish site about you-know-what.Also appears on MenteSDigitales, which is Spanish for "Digital Minds." Click that link and youll go to a post with a writeup in Spanish.Cue-ing up Babelfish right now.Ready?Hello! After some time without activity (problems with RIM...; Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Rumors; Blog posts 2007-05-02
SQL Server 'Katmai' testing to begin in June: Three cheers for the BabelFish translation system. The only words I recognized in this Austrian TechNet blog post were "Katmai" and "SQL Server." After doing a little on-the-fly Web translation, I learned that Microsoft has begun its internal nominating process for signing up testers via its Technology Adoption...; Tags: Database, Code names, SQL Server; Blog posts 2007-04-10
Desktop Translate (widget): A translation widget that allows translations to be obtained from four different Web services (Altavista's BabelFish, Systran, and free translation). Note that different services offer different languages and slightly different translations. Click the arrow buttons to translate text, and click the globe to change translation services.; Tags: Translation, Web Services, Channel Management, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-03-27
Rumors of the T-Mobile AMEO 8GB Windows Mobile Phone Edition emerge: While you are waiting for the Apple iPhone HTC looks like it will be bringing another 8MB Phone Edition device to the market. I posted some information on rumors of the HTC Athena back in December and now Pocketinfo.nl has further information on the device Babelfish translation that looks to...; Tags: Windows Mobile, Rumors, High Tech Computer Corp., T-Mobile Ameo; Blog posts 2007-01-23
Translator (xpi): Translator is Web translation extension that allows you to translate Web pages into many of different languages at the click of a button. Currently supports the following translation services, Google Translation, Yahoo, Babelfish, PROMT, freetranslation, Altavista and Im translator.; Tags: Web, Byron Adams, Translator, Channel Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2006-12-07
Google language tools in the lead: The Google Research blog posted an article about how Google's translation tools work differently than most commercial machine translation systems. Recently, Google released their Arabic translation tool -- I've only tried it once, but it looks very good.I went to aljazeera.net to find some Arabic text so I could...; Tags: Google Inc., tool; Blog posts 2006-04-29
Google conspiracy theories: Ego surfing is fun and educational. That's how I discovered that my articles for ZDNet had gotten picked up by subsidiaries that write in funny characters (Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean...Korean is the neatest looking). What's even more fun is to run those articles through babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com) and see...; Tags: Google Inc., John Carroll; Blog posts 2005-09-07
Poland on VoIP: "interesting"; France on VoIP: "so what": Note: After some TalkBacks from French speakers, I have taken out the Babelfish-spawned French recommended translation for "so what" from the post title and body. This experience tells me that if you want something translated accurately, hire an interpreter, or at least a speaker of the language. Web-based translation is...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2005-08-15
Cultivating corporate schizophrenia: Judge Motz, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, narrowed the scope of Novell's ongoing antitrust case, throwing out four of the six claims on technicalities (they weren't filed within proper timeframes). The last two were allowed to continue, and all the news reports...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., SAFARI; Blog posts 2005-06-13
Is the Internet truly global?: Is the Internet truly global?As English is the fastest growing language...I see few problems in the future.Funny......I don't remember anyone forcing people to surf.UTF-16 DNS is coming! I18L address will be here eventually!http://www.i18ngurus.com/docs/1016606630.html[b]Internationalized Domain Names IDN[/b]http://www.nicemice.net/idn/From back in 2000: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/447481[b]NSI Opens Multilingual Domain Name Testbed[/b]The FRCs are at: http://www.ibcl.at/rfcs/...; Tags: Internet, Unicode, UTF Formats; Discussion threads 2004-12-16