The French government has issued an order banning anglicized terms like "streamer", "esports", and "cloud gaming" in the country in a bid to preserve language purity and make communication easier.
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Meta is working with NeuroSpin and Inria to look at human minds in an effort to improve the efficiency of AI language models. The partners already have two research papers under their belts.
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Microsoft has explained its vision for .NET languages, detailing how it plans to evolve C#, F#, and Visual Basic in the future so developers can make more informed business decisions.
Microsoft has been hard at work adding six new languages to Microsoft Translator, which the company says will unlock communication opportunities for 119 million Austronesian speakers around the world.
Apple has pushed Swift 2.2 out the door. The update is the first since the language was open-sourced. It received 212 non-Apple contributions and brings Linux support.
In a joint endeavor with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Wikipedia is set to implement new open source text-to-speech capabilities spanning several languages by September 2017.
Gabe Aul announced this morning that Language Packs and Keyboards have now been made available for Windows 10 Mobile build 10536.1004, bringing further region support to the OS.
Microsoft has added support for the Māori language, spoken by the native people of New Zealand, to Windows 8, along with Office 2013, Outlook.com, and Internet Explorer 10.
Microsoft appear to have opened the floodgates for anyone to download the Windows 8.1 Preview through the Windows Store, even if you have a language pack installed which previously didn't work
After seven years and billions of tweets, the key word behind Twitter's main success, 'tweet' has been included as a valid definition for the English language by the Oxford English Dictionary itself.
Livemocha has sent an email to its users alerting them that the company is now part of Rosetta Stone, letting users know that this will not change their ability to learn and hinting at a redesign too.
Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme.
Microsoft has announced that when Office 2013 launches later this year it will include three new localized languages, along with 13 more Language Packs, bringing its total to 106 languages.
Microsoft has released a new Language Interface Pack for Windows 8 that adds the local Cherokee language to the operating system, thanks in part to the efforts of volunteers.
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If you're looking to learn a new language, you'll know that there are a heap of options. Mango Languages takes a different approach to learning by focusing on conversations. So how well does it work?
Paul Ferson talks about his experiences with switching from QWERTY, the only keyboard layout he'd ever used, to QWERTZ, in order to properly review the Matias Tactile Pro 3.0 keyboard.
The service already supported an impressive 29 languages, but Google will be adding support for 13 more languages to Android's Voice Search, starting today and completing the roll out by next week
Students taking part in Microsoft's Imagine Cup have created technology to convert sign language into speech, which could completely change how we communicate with those using sign language.
Google has provided its encouragement for the 'Endangered Languages' project, intended to protect languages which are in danger of dying out.
Apple announces that Siri will soon support the Japanese language, and will be deployed to Japan over the next few weeks as part of the company's latest iOS 5.1 update.
Two fans of the Windows 8 Developer Preview have taken it upon themselves to create from Windows 7 SP1 files, and release and number of language packs for the Developer Preview of Windows 8.
If you thought English dictionaries adding "D'oh!" — the ever-so-famous catchphrase from pop culture icon Homer Simpson — and "unfriend" in the past was a big deal, or even humorous, you may find yourself LOLing...
Microsoft Corp. today released the remaining 31 language editions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows Update. Today's move followed the debut of the first five languages -- English, French, German, Japanese and...
Late yesterday Barry Goffe, Director of Windows Ultimate, today disclosed on windowsultimate.com that the remaining 19 language packs have been made available via Windows Update. A multi-language user interface (MUI) pack allows a user to...
Google has introduced technologies that will allow people in India to use local languages in search queries and that will generate content in local languages. Internet growth in India is expected to come from outside...
Google is preparing a future update of its search engine that lets users search content in any language by translating queries into English, performing the search and translating the results back to the original language....
Microsoft Windows XP Language Interface Pack (LIP) is a high-quality, localized "skin" for emerging or minority language markets, such as Catalan, Lithuanian, and Thai. Based on MUI technology, LIP provides the desktop user with an...
Today Silicon Graphics and the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced OpenGL 2.0 at the SIGGRAPH 2004 tradeshow. This news isn't just exciting for OpenGL 2.0 developers but also for users. Already OpenGL...
Microsoft Corp launched on Tuesday a program to create versions of Windows and its other programs in little spoken languages such as Amharic, Catalan, Gujarati and Welsh to spread its software to all corners of...
The Canadian province of Quebec has decided to begin enforcing Quebec's Law 101 on retailers selling video games within the province. Law 101 is the law within Quebec that states that all commercial displays (including...
Overview Microsoft Windows XP Language Interface Pack (LIP) is a high-quality, localized "skin" for emerging or minority language markets, such as Catalan, Lithuanian, and Thai. Based on MUI technology, LIP provides the desktop user...
The International Organization for Standardization has certified Microsoft's C# programming language, the software maker's alternative to Java and a key component in building the next-generation of Internet applications. Microsoft executives have said...
Microsoft announced the release of the Windows Ukrainian Interface Language Pack for the Russian version of Windows XP Professional. This package for the first time will give users the ability to work...
Thanks colinstevens for this one in BPN on our forums. The software giant Microsoft has agreed to translate their popular Office software into a language very few people know exists. Nynorsk has less...
Thanks to XP-erience for reminding us to post an update on the languages available for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest security and reliability...
Well, as a first news post, I found this rather interest article through /. that goes into some terrific detail on nVidia's new High-Level Pixel and Vertex Shader language. Graphics giant NVIDIA...
Thanks Infoworld for this long but yet worth reading article. With Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference on the horizon, database vendors are preparing for battle once again. This time around, the big three --...
Hitachi announced on Monday that it has developed a drive that can read and write several formats for recordable and rewritable DVD discs, as well as for recordable and rewritable CDs. The...
