Articles on Word

"Unfriend" is Oxford's word of the year - Nov 17, 2009

Crave Perhaps in a sign of how the plague of social media has numbed us all to the value of legitimate human connections, the New Oxford American Dictionary has picked the verb ... Read story »

Microsoft Word turns 25 years old this year! - Jun 29, 2009

Blogs Did you know that Microsoft Word is the oldest still serving member of the Microsoft Office Suite of products and it turns 25 this year?! It is such a popular application ... Read story »

A new artificial larynx for better-sounding speech - Dec 4, 2009

Crave The space-time graph pictured below the device corresponds to the tongue-palate contact pattern for the word "been". A new type of artificial larynx could mean better-sounding speech for those who've ... Read story »

Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word - Aug 13, 2009

Crave A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement. Judge Leonard Davis of the US District Court ... Read story »

Abstracting national concerns - Jun 25, 2009

Blogs Still on my info-graphics binge. I stumbled upon this site Capital Words. Interesting to note the number of times some words were said over others. Like "Oil" for example, as compared ... Read story »

Microsoft gives new app a name that proper Asian ladies wouldn't say out loud - May 20, 2009

Blogs All of a sudden, everyone around me is very interested to know about an "abstract interpretation-based static analyzer for modular analysis and verification of Java classes". All because of the name ... Read story »

Why your next phone could have Swype's keyboard - Jun 2, 2009

Crave Swype's software keyboard looks like a normal keyboard, but it lets you type without lifting your finger. Keyboard technology may not seem as exciting as faster microprocessors, massive displays, or ... Read story »

Microsoft loses Word patent appeal - Dec 23, 2009

Crave Microsoft has lost an appeal in a patent case that will force it to alter Microsoft Word to avoid an injunction on sales of the product. Microsoft lost a patent case ... Read story »

Google Translate now helps with pronunciation - Nov 18, 2009

Crave You'll still have to figure out what all the accents mean, but Google now provides a phonetic spelling of translated words. Google made several improvements to Google Translate Monday, such ... Read story »

How one Chinese word became an Internet meme - Sep 22, 2009

Blogs All languages evolve over time. Yet the way in which one Chinese word/character evolved from a standard (if obscure) word into an Internet meme--and sort of an emoticon--is particularly curious. The ... Read story »

Motorola R2D2 - Oct 30, 2009

Blogs Did you see this? The word DROID is used under license from Lucasfilm. What a difference an ALPHABET makes. Well done, George Lucas. But given the license, Motorola should have: Released ... Read story »

The hit-and-misses of Oxford's Word of the Year 2009 - Nov 18, 2009

Blogs By now, you probably know that the word "unfriend" has been selected as Oxford's Word of the Year 2009, but what other tech buzzwords did it miss along the way? Let's ... Read story »

Leaked: Barnes & Noble's "color" e-book reader - Oct 15, 2009

Crave Ever since word got out that Barnes & Noble was set to announce its own e-book reader next week, the rumors have been flying, with lots of whispers that the ... Read story »

Toshiba Dynadock Wireless U does wireless USB - Sep 21, 2009

Crave Wireless USB has been around for some time. But with the exception of a few Lenovo machines and a couple of wireless USB hubs, little has been done with this technology. ... Read story »

Nintendo Wii gets belated storage upgrades - Mar 13, 2009

Crave According to Web site QuickJump Network, work is underway to develop a USB-based hard drive upgrade for the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Available in 32GB and 64GB, the hard drive addons ... Read story »

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