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Language translator offers telcos new opportunity?

News Pan-Asian consortium unveils real-time speech translation program with potential for use on mobile phones and portable devices.

Wednesday, July 29 2009 06:41 PM

Tags: Business applications, Language, Cell Phone, Singapore, Japan, consortium, Server, phone, network, telecommunications company

Turning smartphones into language translators

News More language translation tools becoming available in mobile app stores, enhancing mobility of business travelers in foreign countries, say handset makers.

Tuesday, September 15 2009 05:03 PM

Tags: Mobile applications, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Tool, Optical Character Recognition, software tool, food, marketing

Facebook adopts new privacy policy

News The social-networking site hopes that policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.

Wednesday, November 18 2009 10:37 AM

Tags: Privacy, Facebook, Revision, Social Networking, network, Video, general counsel, blog, Privacy

Google Translate now helps with pronunciation

News It's one thing to translate a word, but it's another thing to know how to correctly pronounce a word written in an unfamiliar character set. Google Translate just added that feature.

Wednesday, November 18 2009 09:42 AM

Tags: Service level management, Google Inc., English, Language, Service level management

Google gadget translates sites into 51 languages

News Gadget, which is powered by Google Translate, allows any website to be automatically translated into the language of the viewer's choice.

Friday, October 02 2009 11:01 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Gadget, Google Inc., Language, automated translation, authentication system, Web Browser, Tool, product manager

Bahasa or English? One step forward, two steps back?

Blogs A couple of weeks ago, the Malaysian government ignited a controversy when it reversed a five-year-old government policy...

Wednesday, July 22 2009 04:56 PM

Making the case for dynamic languages

Techguide Justin James presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. He also discusses how these languages trip up some developers.

Friday, September 11 2009 10:24 AM

Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby, Language, C, Developer, C#, C++, Justin James, API

Can technology help us speak the same language?

Blogs As more nations globalize and their citizens become more mobile, it's become increasingly apparent that language plays a...

Friday, October 03 2008 03:04 AM

Strategies for learning programming languages

Techguide Learning another programming language can help bring your development career to the next level. Justin James shares techniques that have and have not worked for him.

Thursday, June 11 2009 09:15 PM

Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Ruby, Language, C, C#, Justin James, Programming, programming language, knowledge

Are language minutiae necessary?

Techguide Why clog a programming language spec with minutiae that don't offer any technical benefits? On the other hand, is an "anti-minutiae revolution" really necessary?

Thursday, May 14 2009 11:51 PM

Tags: Programming languages, Ruby, Language, C, Justin James, Programming, network management, programming language, theory, Perl

10 tips to go from a beginner to intermediate developer

Techguide Having trouble finding tips for to take your developer career to the next level? Here are some suggestions on how to make that leap.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 09:41 AM

Tags: Personal development, Protocols and platforms, Language, Database, Search Engine, Developer, object-oriented, career, job, Perl

Google Translate speaks 10 new languages

News The translation service adds Swedish, Hindi, Danish, seven other languages, and the ability to guess the language that text needs to be translated from.

Friday, May 16 2008 10:03 AM

Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Language, Google Inc., India, Prague, News.com, blog, blog posting, Search

The Rosetta Stone Spanish (Spain) Personal Edition Level I - complete package

Product Reviews The Rosetta Stone Spanish (Spain) Personal Edition Level I - complete package

Tuesday, November 17 2009 03:35 AM

Tags: Language, software, Spain

Functional programming techniques can improve software security

Techguide A key concern in software security is avoiding security flaws in a program�s source code. Employing a functional programming style can help.

Sunday, October 05 2008 08:18 PM

Tags: Programming languages, Security Management, Ruby, Functional Programming, Language, Security, C, object-oriented, Functional Programming Paradigm, C++