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Microsoft Research Collaborates With Wikipedia to Enhance Multilingual Content

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2010Technologyaachen, beta version, danese cooper, european microsoft innovation centre, extreme computing group, Germany, hindi, machine translation system, mediawiki extension, Microsoft, microsoft research, multilingual content creation tool, multiple languages, p anandan, redmond, sanskrit, wiki, wikibhasha, Wikipedia

*WikiBhasha tool will help simplify and speed up the process of creating multilingual content in Wikipedias.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2010 — Microsoft Research today announced the launch of the beta version of WikiBhasha, a multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia. The WikiBhasha tool enables contributors to Wikipedia to find content from other Wikipedia articles, translate the content into other languages, and then either compose new articles or enhance existing articles in multilingual Wikipedias. (more…)

New Update Makes Kindle for Android Even Better

By Guest PostSeptember 23, 2010TechnologyAmazon, android, android-powered devices, dorothy nicholls, kindle, kindle apps, kindle for android, kindle library, shelfari, Wikipedia

*With new update, Amazon’s free Kindle app for Android adds new features including full text search, the ability to add notes and highlights and have them synchronized with other devices, voice search, Wikipedia lookup, and more*

SEATTLE, Sep 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Kindle for Android, the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Android-powered devices, now includes a number of new features that make it even better.

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Religion: Convergence of Cultures or Clash of Creeds?

By PravdaAugust 15, 2010Cultureabraham, adhan, afghanistan, Bible, bubonic plague, bullet, burqah, christian crusaders, doctrine, god, ground zero, islamic calendar, jesus, jewish, józsef molnár, koran, last supper, moslems, mosque, mother nature, muezzin, new testament, ortega y gasset, Paris, patriarch abraham, pravda, prayer, president barack obama, prophet mohammed, ramadan, talmud, tel aviv, timothy bancroft-hinchey, Wikipedia

With the beginning of Ramadan, the Ninth Month of the Islamic Calendar, come hot debates, as to whether Moslems should be allowed to slit the throats of sheep in public, to make the call to prayer (Adhan) in non-Moslem communities, to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.

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