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Programming languages can't be copyrighted: EU court

...the European Union issued a ruling on Wednesday that essentially declared programming languages are not copyrightable. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Rachel King
Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

...Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system, has died aged 70... Read more

13 October, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

From lolcat to textspeak: How technology is shaping our language

...of an imperative. How many words has technology driven into the English language?Creative Commons: David A. Cofrin Library "People noticed the abbreviations of text... Read more

21 November, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Google preps Dart programming language

...Google is developing a new programming language called Dart. Google employee Lars Bak. Photo credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News... Read more

12 September, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft bats away Google's Dart

...with Dart, but Microsoft has declared itself an opponent of the programming language rather than a potentially valuable ally. Google hopes Dart will address shortcomings... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

IBM's Watson program to enter TV contest

...founder Thomas J Watson, is optimised to quickly analyse clues for complex language such as subtle meaning, irony and riddles, the company said in a... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Steven Musil

MEPs give green light to common patent system

...in one form or another since 2000, but has been hindered by language and translation issues. Under the proposed system, EU-wide patents will need... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Ben Woods
SRI displays climbing robots, medical tech

SRI displays climbing robots, medical tech

...for automatic translation of key phrases from English to Pashto — and other languages important in, say, regions of Afghanistan — and vice versa. Currently set up... Read more

28 October, 2010 by Daniel Terdiman

Copyright doesn't cover programming languages, court rules

...has ruled that copyright law does not prevent the copying of programming languages, interfaces or program functions, but has asked the European Court of Justice... Read more

28 July, 2010
Greek <endeca_term>Language</endeca_term> Support (Greek LEng) null

Greek Language Support (Greek LEng) null

Language Extender (LEng) is designed for Greek localization (language support) of the following... Read more

27 March, 2012
Translate: All 18 International <endeca_term>Languages</endeca_term> 1.24

Translate: All 18 International Languages 1.24

This version contains all of our available languages at a special price of $70.00. Translates between English and one... Read more

28 February, 2012

OS X 10.7.3 aims to fix bugs and add languages

...3. System-wide, the update promises to fix bugs and add new languages, including Greek, Hebrew, Thai and Catalan, among others. It also fixes bugs... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn

Programming languages can be copied, says EU lawyer

...Copyright law cannot be used to stop someone copying a programming language, a top EU lawyer has said. Yves Bot, advocate general at the... Read more

30 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Hide language bar on Sony Ericsson Android

...feature, particularly for such a compact and bijou screen, is that a language bar appears every time you enter text, taking up precious pixels. Eventually... Read more

15 July, 2011
Weather Plus Multi <endeca_term>Language</endeca_term> 1.0.0.26

Weather Plus Multi Language 1.0.0.26

...and current conditions icon in your system tray and/or Wallpaper applet. Languages Supported:: English, French, Spanish, German Read more

21 April, 2011

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BrownieBoy

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