The ‘Donate a Word’ Campaign for Google Chrome
22 may 2011
Donate a World is an idea floated by students of the Miami Ad School where you can donate misspelled words in your browser to the UNICEF education program.
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Have you found your Googleganger?
01 feb 2011
The act of searching your own name on Google is ego-surfing and if you come across people who share your name, they are called your googlegangers.
Scunthorpe Problem – When Filters Misunderstand Words
06 aug 2010
The Scunthrope problem, also known as the Clbuttic mistake, occurs when spam filters block e-mails because their text contains a string of letters that are shared by an obscene word.
The problem originated after AOL’s profanity filters prevented residents of Scunthorpe from creating accounts because the town’s name contains the substring c – u –n -t.
Word of the Day – démarche
08 jan 2010
Démarche – What is the meaning of the word démarche?
Quick Hints for that Unsolvable Crossword Puzzle
08 mar 2009
CrossTips gives you quick hints whenever you’re stuck at a particularly difficult Crossword puzzle.
You can search for all words by word length, and by specifying various letters in the word.
Wildcard Based Search for English Words
22 feb 2009
Regular search engines like Google are of little use when searching for English words while playing Scrabble or Hangman. Google Appengine based WordWaldo helps you “cheat” by searching for words by starting, ending or in-between characters.
T9 Text Input on your Cell Phone Won’t Suggest Slang Terms
18 feb 2009
The T9 Text Input gives the 9 keys on a mobile phone the power of a full QWERTY keyboard but the system won’t suggest any of the slang terms.
Adopt Lost Words to Bring Them Back From Extinction
27 jan 2009
Every year, hundreds of words are dropped from the dictionary to make room for new words. Lexicographers spend hours researching word usage and may drop words that have been completely neglected by the society.
"404" Becoming Part of English Language
15 dec 2008
People who work in the IT industry have always used lots of jargon and acronyms which are largely a mystery to those in the outside world. However, some of these phrases have gone beyond the IT department and crept into everyday language.
How Do I Say that Word In Different Languages
11 dec 2008
Go to Google Suggest or Yahoo! Answers and you’ll find tons of people asking queries like ‘how to say [insert word here] in multiple languages.’ People want to know how to say Sorry, Hello, Love, Grandma and even the color Green in different languages.
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