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Web addresses to exend to non-English languages

Domain spoofing opportunity?I always wanted to know what they will be doing against this: http://www.z?net.com/ is actually a false domain because '?' is a Cyrillyc Small Letter Komi De insted of a Latin 'd'.Entering it in a browser causes an error today, but what will happen if they legalize non-latin...

Tags: Channel management, Keyboards, English Language, non-English-language, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language

Technological transmogrification: the evolution of languageChangeLoved that fruity picture."I worry that many kids nowadays will ... forget about Greek mythology entirely."So explain the story to your god-daughter ... and then ask her what she thinks a 'trojan' might be on her computer. Etymology, mythology and technology in one fun 'lesson'!...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Greek Mythology

Discussion threads 2009-05-23

Why bother with desktop virtualization?

Why bother with desktop virtualization?PortabilityNo matter where you are, there you are.Sit down at a workstation and light up your working environment. No need to drag the hardware with you, which ranges from annoying to hazardous, what with laptops being popular targets for confiscation at airports. Especially since...

Tags: desktop virtualization, desktop, English Language, virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

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

Murphy's law, or why WinTel wins

Murphy's law, or why WinTel winsIn the case of ditching Wintel......you just do it. Buy a naked computer (or if you have an old one lying around, use that), take an inventory of the hardware so you know what drivers you need, use the evil FDISK program to obliterate...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Esperanto, Wintel, Murphy, open source, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

2007 year in review: 10 most popular posts

2007 year in review: 10 most popular postsWorld 2.0New year, new life? Time will tell... In the meantime, I invite you to read my latest post on my blog about a new definition of Web 2.0 and the proposal for an exciting Web 2.0 world-wide project: World 2.0 (http://lindipendente.splinder.com/post/15354690/World+2.0). That...

Tags: Web 2.0, Blogging, World 2.0, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

Global English delivers English language skills as a software service

Global English delivers English language skills as a software serviceTutorABCI think you have not tried TutorABC which deliver a much better service and I tried Global English. They are just freetalk and big group for an internet based room. TutorABC offers a real experience of learning like a real university...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, TutorABC, English Language

Discussion threads 2007-10-13

Google makes web more accessible for non-English speakers

And for those who don't speak it natively...And for those who do but really want to access non-English websites.According to the Google Blog entry on the topic:"While machine translation is not perfect, it's usually good enough for you to obtain the gist of information in a language you might otherwise...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Text messaging and the death of the English language

Text messaging and the death of the English languageI don't buiy it!This is no different than the arguement that spell-checkers make you lazy! From my experience, people have always been careless about thier spelling and their grammar. It's no different than it ever was.text vs morse codeMorse code...

Tags: Instant messaging, Anton, Barbarians, comma, English Language, IM, text messaging

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

Global English delivers English language skills as a software service

The Web 2.0 Expo has dominated much of the news lately, and a lot of my time. So it was a nice change to recently meet with a company called Global English. It teaches English to the employees of top multinational corporations such as IBM, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, using unique...

Tags: Enterprise IT

Blog posts 2007-04-23

America's Future...isn't in America

America's Future...isn't in AmericaHere's the deal.First of all, there is no problem with America having too few people interested in Science and Engineering. The problem is that the employment prospects for those fields are so dim, the people smart enough to succeed in those fields are also savvy enough...

Tags: growing economy, capitalism, English Language

Discussion threads 2006-05-17

AOL offers English language lessons

AOL offers English language lessonsWhy stop with the Latin Americans?Feel free to teach all Americans English. Start with AIM users. Capitalization skills could be the very first lesson. And think of the room for expansion, you can also expand to Yahoo and MSN users. I applaud them for...

Tags: America Online Inc., English Language

Discussion threads 2005-03-22

Linux oogles desktop PC replacements

Linux oogles desktop PC replacementsZDNET????Would someone like to define the word oogle for me? As far as I know this is not a word with any meaning whatsoever. The English language is fine thing, please use it with respect.If you mean Linux providers are excited over expanding there market share...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, WinFS, Prior Art, Free Software development, desktop computer, English Language, PC, Microsoft Office, Linux, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., desktop

Discussion threads 2004-05-21

Additional Resources

Just Translate 2.1.1 (Mac)

How many documents do you read in foreign languages? Probably not many, unless you're fluent in those languages. The world is full of knowledge in many different languages and also different characters, such as English, Chinese, Arabic, French, Russian, Polish, Spanish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, and many others....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Knowledge, Language, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.6 (Mac)

MacSpeech Dictate provides a whole new way to interact with your Mac. Instead of typing, use your voice to input text; rather than clicking your mouse, just speak commands. With MacSpeech Dictate, it's easy. Amazing Accuracy: MacSpeech Dictate will astonish you with its accuracy. You simply talk and leave the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, MacSpeech Dictate, Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Multi Dictionary for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Multi Dictionary for iPhone is a dictionary from and to English to and from Spanish, German, French, and Italian. It contains approximately. It contains 30,000 translation pairs for every language pair. It can be used offline.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Dictionary, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

PicTranslator for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

PicTranslator for iPhone turns your iPhone camera into a point-and-shoot translator and pronouncer. Take pictures of road signs, menus, maps, or any printed foreign text and it will translate it to English for you and for some languages let you hear how it is pronounced. Language includes audio pronunciation as...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Language, Fotozio, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Cute Translator 3.32 (Windows)

Cute Translator is a program that translates text and documents between 12 major languages. Supported languages are English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, with new languages being added all the time. The actual translation sever is online, so you will...

Tags: Language, Authorsoft, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Open Search Server 1.1.1r652 (Mac)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-01