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Meet the Makers: Lisa Sullivan-Cross of Dictionary.com Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:17PMHow important are mobile applications to Dictionary.com and related reference properties?
iPad new favourite tech tool Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:08PMThe iPad’s eBook interface is excellent, offering book cover graphics, a clear resolution and easy access to dictionary functions and bookmarking.
Varonis Addresses the Explosive Growth of Unstructured and Semi-Structured Data Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:00AMNEW YORK----Varonis Systems Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software, today announced Version 5.5 of DatAdvantage® and DataPrivilege®, a further evolution of the Varonis Meta-data Framework™, which enables customers to identify sensitive unstructured and semi-structured data on their file systems, SharePoint Sites and NAS devices.
Tech Talk Podcast: New Twists on Old Games Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:00PMWouldn’t it be nice if a flick of a finger was all it took to get videos from your laptop to your TV or photos from your phone to a friend’s? On this week’s New York Times Tech Talk podcast, Ashlee Vance, a Times technology reporter, tells Bettina Edelstein about a new software platform from the chip maker Broadcom that’s designed to make it easier to share content and seamlessly move it from ...
Sony slims down, speeds up, and adds touch to its entire Reader family Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:07AMWith Amazon and Barnes & Noble both unleashing new e-readers under $150 it pretty much goes without saying that Sony's got to step it up, and its refreshed Reader family is what we've been expecting. Just like we'd heard and heard again , Sony's tweaked its entire Reader line up -- the Pocket, Touch, and Daily editions -- by adding improved optical touchscreens, speeding up page turns with E Ink ...
New specifications proposed for the Common Platform Enumeration scheme Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:41PMNIST proposes guidelines to update the Common Platform Enumeration scheme.
NASA and ATK successfully test five-segment solid rocket motor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:53PM(PhysOrg.com) -- With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs.
Listen up! New experiment records ultrafast chemical reaction with vibrational echoes Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:53PM(PhysOrg.com) -- To watch a magician transform a vase of flowers into a rabbit, it's best to have a front-row seat. Likewise, for chemical transformations in solution, the best view belongs to the molecular spectators closest to the action.
VMworld 2010: A Chat with Xsigo CEO Lloyd Carney Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:12PMAs part of my VMworld 2010 coveragge, I had a chance to chat with Xiso CEO Llyod Carney. Xsigo has been making a lot of noise in the virtualization and cloud computing industry for few years now, winning VMworld 2009 best of show finalist award amongst others. This year at VMworld, Xsigo has is announcing that its flagship product will now be supporting 10GbE.
Cyber-bullying defies traditional stereotype Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:56AMGirls are more likely than boys to engage in this new trend, research suggests -- The advent of social networking sites and text messaging has allowed young girls the opportunity to take on a role traditionally reserved for boys, experts say.
The Death of the Bush Fool Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:43AMBy talking like a fool for his entire life and eliminating anyone who has questioned such talk, GHW Bush has assumed the kingship of those who became the godless Israelites by behaving like they were "God on earth", defending the rule of the Bush fools.
Intellectual Property Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:29AM31 Aug 2010 - United States - Intellectual Property - IP Update, August 2010 - Part 1 - McDermott Will & Emery - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit expressed its belief in the continued validity of its machine-or-transformation test in wake of the Supreme Court’s Bilski decision, but left the fight for the patent eligibility of medical treatment claims for another day. King ...
U.S. Economy Continues Slow Recovery Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:00AMIn August, the Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator rose less than one point signalling that the economic recovery continues despite a slow August.
Internet Age Casualties: Printed Dictionary Next? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:34AMAs more go online, Oxford English Dictionary may go digital-only. Oxford English Dictionary - Oxford - Publishing - England - Oxford University Press
Questions and Answers - 25 August 2010 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:53PMGST—Comparison with OECD Countries; Overseas Investment Rules—New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement; Wages—Rises Compared with Prices; Health Services—Minister’s Statements
IBM and EU Partner to Enable the Digitization of Historic European Texts on a Massive Scale Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:01PMIBM and the EU have expanded their research collaboration, which now includes more than two-dozen national libraries, research institutes, universities, and companies across Europe to provide new technology that will enable highly-accurate digitization of rare and culturally significant historical texts on a massive scale. Â Unlike past digitization projects where the result has been static ...
ABBYY Receives Fifth Consecutive KMWorld Magazine Trend-Setting Product Award Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:00AMABBYYÂ®, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced that ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0, a leading data and document capture technology, has been named by KMWorld Magazine as a Trend-Setting Product of the Year for 2010. Â This marks the fifth consecutive year that an ABBYY solution has been presented with this award. Â
What Lawyers Need to Know About Search Tools Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:54PM2010 TREC Legal Track co-coordinator Maura Grossman and consultant Terry Sweeney advise lawyers to learn the latest search tools, their strengths and weaknesses. They look at the pros and cons of keyword searches, as well as such concept searches as linguistic and mathematical models.
Hanvon Selects Freescale’s i.MX51 Applications Processor for Next Generation eReader Products Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:51PMSHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading Chinese eReader manufacturer Hanvon has selected Freescale Semiconductor’s i.MX51 applications processor for its next generation eReader solutions. Consumers can look forward to optimal digital reading experiences and longer battery life from Hanvon eReader products utilizing Freescale technology. The Hanvon product based on Freescale’s i.MX51 processor is ...
Hanvon Selects Freescale's i.MX51 Applications Processor for Next Generation eReader Products Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:39PMSHANGHAI----Leading Chinese eReader manufacturer Hanvon has selected Freescale Semiconductor’s i.MX51 applications processor for its next generation eReader solutions. Consumers can look forward to optimal digital reading experiences and longer battery life from Hanvon eReader products utilizing Freescale technology.
Eight Great Tips For Traveling With the iPad [Ipad] Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:40PM# ipad The iPad is an almost perfect travel computer. But as convenient as it is, a little preparation will make things even smoother. Here are some things you should do before you leave the house. More »
Big Brother Lives in Internet Browsers Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:05AMThe business world is spying on consumers, and most are completely unaware of it. A recent investigation by the Wall Street Journal concludes that spying on consumers in order to sell their data is one of the fastest-growing internet businesses. Identity theft expert John Sileo discusses some simple solutions to preventing consumer espionage.
Merck-Impax, Pfizer, Apple, Righthaven, Madonna: Intellectual Property Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:25AMImpax, based in Hayward, California, is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to sell a copy of Vytorin. Merck and its Schering-Plough unit sought to block approval by filing a patent-infringement lawsuit Aug. 19 in federal court in New Jersey, Impax said in a statement Aug. 20.
How to create a 'super password' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 8:49AMSay goodbye to those wimpy, eight-letter passwords.
Climate change and the vuvuzela leave mark on Oxford Dictionary of English Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 4:05AMOther words and phrases introduced for the latest edition include 'toxic debt', 'staycation', 'cheesebal' and 'national treasure' The World Cup in South Africa, climate change, the credit crunch and technology have all left their mark on the way we talk, the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English reveals, as the latest crop of new words to be added to its pages is published today ...
Rickrolling the english language Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:17PMAbbreviations of everyday words were once an Aussie birthright, but are our barbies and smokos being swept aside for a new generation of language in which we txt, tweet, rickroll, and lol?
Rickrolling the English language Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 7:04PMWhether it's Twitter, Facebook or a bunch of cheeseburger-loving kitties ( LOLcats ) causing the apparent carnage to our written word is not clear, but language experts say the dramatic pace at which technology continues to reinvent itself is filtering through to the mainstream world.
Top 5 Mobile Advertising Trends To Watch Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:31PMThe mobile trends series is supported by Samsung. Read more about the Samsung Galaxy here . Mobile advertising is increasingly important, as cell phone adoption rates, especially smartphone adoption rates, soar. With a range of mobile…
XBRL US Labs Launches Brix Project, Releases Brix iPhone App Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:04PMXBRL US Labs, the research and development arm of XBRL US, the national consortium for XML business reporting standards, released the world's first publicly available XBRL iPhone app, Brix, on the iTunes App Store earlier today.
Tracking The Companies That Track You Online Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 12:08PMNearly all of the most commonly-visited websites install invisible tracking software on your computer, so that the information can be sold to advertisers. Julia Angwin, who recently led a team of Wall Street Journal reporters investigating the practice, explains what companies do with the...
Tracking The Companies That Track You Online Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:55AMNearly all of the most commonly visited websites install invisible tracking software on your computer so the information can be sold to advertisers. Julia Angwin, who recently led a team of Wall Street Journal reporters investigating the practice, explains what companies do with the information -- and how you can protect your privacy online.
Review: Microsoft Silverlight 4 vs. Adobe Flash 10.1 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:41PMSilverlight challenges the RIA supremacy of Flash, Flex, and AIR with superior development tools and design tool integration Flex - Adobe Flash - Multimedia - Development Frameworks - Microsoft
ElcomSoft Updates Advanced Office Password Recovery with Forensic Technologies Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 2:01AMElcomSoft Co. Ltd. releases a major update to Advanced Office Password Recovery, a Windows tool to remove document restrictions and recover passwords protecting Microsoft Office documents.
Pandigital Ships Second eReader in Pandigital Novel Product Line Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:01PMDUBLIN, Calif.----Pandigital, the U.S. leader in digital photo frames, is now shipping the second product in its Pandigital Novel eReader line with a new 7-inch full color touch-screen LCD device with integrated Barnes & Noble eBookstore.
The World Around Us: YELP! Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:49PMAdvancements in both technology and social networking have created a tool that can fit in the palm of your hand, and give the average person the power to be a critic of the world around them.
Kovac to Speak on Integrated Social Media at Chicago IMS Conference Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:15AMChris Kovac, director of social influence at Nicholson Kovac Inc., will speak at the Integrated Marketing Summit in Chicago on Tuesday, August 24, about integrated social media and social engagement best practices.
Barnes & Noble NOOK for iPhone launched Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:23AMBarnes & Noble has updated its NOOK ereader app range, with a new iPhone app (that also works on the iPod touch) together with rebranding their NOOK for PC and NOOK for iPad apps. The new NOOK for iPhone gets the same iPad customization, together with last-page-read sync across ebooks also being viewed on the PC, Android, iPad and iPhone apps, and access to the B&N eBookstore and digital library ...
Nook iPhone App Adds Those Juicy iPad Features [Nook] Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:40AM# nook Barnes and Noble already had one of the best eReader apps out there with Nook on the iPad. And now, the iPhone iteration just got some of those sweet personalization and lending features that give it some punch. More »
Nook for iPhone, iPad and PC see updates, slew of new features in tow Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:31AMBarnes & Noble told us this update was in the pipeline when it introduced Nook for Android , and sure enough, said update is hitting the intertubes this fine morning. The iPhone and iPod touch version of the Nook app is said to be completely overhauled, while the iPad edition is the company's first to offer an in-app "rating" feature. In case you couldn't guess, the former also adds support for ...
Barnes & Noble Enhances Free eReading Software Offering with NOOK for iPhone®, iPad and PC Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:48AMNEW YORK----Barnes & Noble, Inc. , the world’s largest bookseller, today enhanced its offering of popular, free NOOK-branded eReading software with updated versions for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and PC .
Hackers and crackers: a lesson in etymology and clear communication Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 9:51PMThe term "hacker" has a meaning older and more respectable than its common usage in mainstream journalism. Familiarity with that history and its implications can help you make sure your audience understands your meaning when you use the term.
Smart marketers can harness crowd power Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:24PMI might give up writing this column. Maybe I will outsource it to the thousands of willing writers out there on the internet, using "crowdsourcing".
Make no mistake, NBN's a game changer Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 9:00AMIT will be up to historians to decide how the Rudd government is remembered.
As We See It: Monitoring the monitors Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 3:42AM"They" know a lot about you -- but do you know about "them?" Only a relatively few people who spend time online on social networking sites or using popular Internet search engines realize how much data is compiled by companies, who can monitor every activity a user clicks on.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 15/8 Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 9:27PMDeputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has requested that work stop at 23 gold mines in northern Ha Giang Province due to mineral regulation infringements.
iPhone 4: Everything You Need to Know Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 9:30AMCheck out our full Apple iPhone 4 review and our AppleiPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO 4G/Motorola Droid X comparisons.
Karmasphere Expands Management Team with New Vice President of Engineering Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:00AMAbe Taha Brings Hadoop-based Analytics and Engineering Management Expertise from Ning, Google, Yahoo!
Linguee.com – Searching through millions of translations online Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:53AMCOLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Translation Search Linguee.com launches services in three new languages: Spanish-English, French-English, and Portuguese-English. It enables users to search millions of translated texts.
Linguee.com - Searching through millions of translations online Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:45AMCOLOGNE, Germany----Nowadays, anyone who wants to translate an item of vocabulary into Spanish, French, German or Portuguese consults an online dictionary. But how are you supposed to find the right translation for compound expressions such as “strong evidence”, “strong arms”, “strong relationship” or “strong opinion”?
Linguee.com – Searching through millions of translations online Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 3:36AMCOLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Translation search Linguee.com launches services for three new language pairs - Spanish-English, French-English, and Portuguese-English. It enables users to search millions of translated texts.