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Wiki, Malware and Technopreneur enter Oxford English Dictionary
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Wiki, Malware and Technopreneur enter Oxford English Dictionary. wiki enters dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has released its latest update, and new words entering the lexicon officially for the first time include "wiki", "malware" and "technopreneur.". The Oxford English Dictionary has released its latest update, and new words entering the lexicon officially for the first time include "wiki", "malware" and "technopreneur." OED editor John Simpson explained the move in a statement : "Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them....
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Six Indispensable Symbian OS Applications
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Dictionary 2.0 is probably the single biggest (in terms of sheer mass) Symbian application I’ve yet used. Dictionary 2.0 is probably the single biggest (in terms of sheer mass) Symbian application I’ve yet used. Fortunately, few people will designate a dictionary an indispensable piece of software, so it’ll sit well on removable storage. Dictionary 2.0 is a searchable mobile version of Webster’s Dictionary (yes, American spellings abundant), which makes it ideal for day-to-day definition hunting. Until we somehow manage to internalise books, you can download Dictionary 2.0 here....
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Pepping Up Windows
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Dictionaries, a thesaurus and hyphenation rules can be added later, and are freely available for download. A little further down you'll find an item called "Download optional dictionaries". If you need support for spell-checking any other languages, the dictionary installer "DicOOo" makes adding other dictionaries a breeze. Now, click the button labeled "Show Dictionary List" and DicOOo will open an Internet connection to find new dictionaries. After completing the installation of new dictionaries by clicking on "Finish", you have to close all Open Office components and re-launch them....
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IBM Rolls Out Smallest Desktop PC
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IBM on Wednesday unveiled its smallest commercial desktop, the NetVista S42, which while measuring about the same size as a collegiate dictionary offers largely the same functionality as its heftier brethren. IBM on Wednesday unveiled its smallest commercial desktop, the NetVista S42, which while measuring about the same size as a collegiate dictionary offers largely the same functionality as its heftier brethren....
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Shock, Horror, Nudity - ATI steals Nvidia's Girl
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Well, it seems that the battle between ATI and Nvidia has now escalated into the truly sophomoric, or is that sophomoronic, don't have a dictionary at hand. Well, it seems that the battle between ATI and Nvidia has now escalated into the truly sophomoric, or is that sophomoronic, don't have a dictionary at hand....
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Weakness Reported in Wireless Protocol
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A researcher at ICSA Labs has reported that some implementations of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a standard for cryptography of data on Wi-Fi networks, can be compromised through a dictionary attack. A researcher at ICSA Labs has reported that some implementations of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a standard for cryptography of data on Wi-Fi networks, can be compromised through a dictionary attack....
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"Podcast" is US word of the year
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The term 'podcast' has been declared Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.. The term ’podcast’ has been declared Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary....
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Mouse potatoes and googling go mainstream
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The mouse potato (who spends as much time on the computer as his/her 1990s counterpart did on the couch), the himbo (attractive, vacuous - and male) and the excessively emotional drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America’s best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary....
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G'day mate: Microsoft Office 2007 to understand Australian
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Australian words like g'day, Sheila and bogan will be added to the Microsoft Office 2007 dictionary. Australian words like g’day, Sheila and bogan will be added to the Microsoft Office 2007 dictionary....
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