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How Google set a search trap for Bing

How Google set a search trap for Bing

...in the summer of 2010, when its researchers looked into an unusual misspelt query. Users were misspelling the world 'tarsorrhaphy' — a surgical procedure to partially... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Jon Yeomans
Microsoft Access Utilities Add-In 1.0

Microsoft Access Utilities Add-In 1.0

...you ever released software only to realise after the event there are misspelt words in the tooltips or captions of tables et cetera? With this... Read more

12 May, 2012
SpellPlus for InDesign 1.0

SpellPlus for InDesign 1.0

...spell checking for more than 110 Languages. Word suggestions:- In case of misspelt words, SpellPlus intelligently applies permutations and combinations on the individual alphabets of... Read more

30 April, 2012
SpellPlus for InDesign 1.0

SpellPlus for InDesign 1.0

...spell checking for more than 110 Languages. Word suggestions:- In case of misspelt words, SpellPlus intelligently applies permutations and combinations on the individual alphabets of... Read more

23 April, 2012
TeneoMobile 1.2

TeneoMobile 1.2

...natural language capability mean she can instantly respond to questions (even the misspelt or ambiguous ones), just like a human conversation. You can also interrupt... Read more

18 October, 2011
SpellEdge 1.0

SpellEdge 1.0

...you are at it.SpellEdge provides you with a combination of commonly misspelt words. Your task is to identify whether each word is spelt correctly... Read more

5 March, 2011
A Set of Six 1.0

A Set of Six 1.0

...volume, the one I call Pathetic, whose first title is Il Conde (misspelt by-the-by) is an almost verbatim transcript of the tale told... Read more

4 March, 2011
Spelling Quiz 1.0.2.1

Spelling Quiz 1.0.2.1

Spelling Quiz has over 3,000 commonly misspelt words. By doing test you will learn which way to spell these... Read more

14 February, 2011

Meeting airs anger against VeriSign

An unprecedented public meeting heard Internet companies describe in detail difficulties experienced after VeriSign began redirecting mistyped domain names to its own Web site Read more

8 October, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Cameroon registry typo-squats .com

The .cm registry in Cameroon appears to be redirecting misspelt .com addresses to an ad-based search page Read more

8 August, 2006 by David Meyer

Google to issue third Chrome beta in 'next few days'

...post on Wednesday. Other changes mean that the spell-checker now underlines misspelt words in text-input boxes, and users can right-click on words... Read more

30 October, 2008 by Stephen Shankland
Collins English-Spanish Dictionary  Palm 1

Collins English-Spanish Dictionary Palm 1

...000 references) for Palm OS includes: - An advanced search functionality that recognizes misspelt forms and inflected forms (e.g. cinammon will take you to cinnamon... Read more

17 October, 2007
Collins English-German Dictionary 3rd Edition Palm 1

Collins English-German Dictionary 3rd Edition Palm 1

...000 references) for Palm OS includes: - An advanced search functionality that recognizes misspelt forms and inflected forms (e.g. cinammon will take you to cinnamon... Read more

17 October, 2007
Acer p610 Portable Navigator

Acer p610 Portable Navigator

Acer's p610 Portable Navigator is a competent enough GPS device, but there are a few areas where it could provide a better user experience. Read more

1 March, 2007 by Sandra Vogel

Thursday

...I look forward to finding out how the PR company, AugustOne, has misspelt my name on my badge. They -- and their ancestors, Text 100 -- always... Read more

25 April, 2003

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

9 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

11 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry