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More Translation Bots!
via Google Talkabout by Brian Hutchins on June 03, 2008
Back in December, we released translation bots for Google Talk. While machine translation isn't 100% accurate, the idea of reducing language barriers with automated chat translations appealed to many people, and we received a lot of positive feedback. So when Google Translate recently added new languages, we decided to create chat bots for these languages.The new bots speak Bulgarian (bg),...
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Does your password pass the test?
via Official Google Blog by A Googler on June 03, 2008
Posted by HongHai Shen, EngineerThis post is the latest in an ongoing series about online safety. - Ed.One of the things I work on is password security. And because I'm someone who pays close attention to passwords and how people use them, I sometimes hear interesting stories. For example, a couple of my colleagues are so careful about the security of their passwords that they generate a...
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More on Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP)
via Official Google Blog by Karen on June 02, 2008
Posted by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines.However, there are some cases in which publishers need to communicate more information to search engines -- like the fact that they don't...
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Improving on Robots Exclusion Protocol
via Official Google Webmaster Central Blog by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Shared by greenergrad nice to see google pulling back the curtain a bitWritten by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines.However, there are some cases in which publishers need to communicate...
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The Impact of User Feedback, Part 1
via Official Google Webmaster Central Blog by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Shared by livibetter Let's make results better. Say NO to cheaters!Written by Reid Yokoyama, Search QualityAbout a year ago, in response to user feedback, we created a paid links reporting form within Webmaster Tools. User feedback, through reporting paid links, webspam, or suggestions in our Webmaster Help Group, has been invaluable in ensuring that the quality of our index and our tools is...
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Run-levels: Create, use, modify, and master
via Red Hat Magazine by Noah Gift on June 02, 2008
The phone rings. You pick it up, and it is the recruiter for your dream job. Your palms begin to sweat as the technical interview starts.“You want to know the run-levels for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® or Fedora®?” You pause, thinking. “Well, I use Linux every day, and I know single user mode is level 1…”. You stammer a bit, and say you’re drawing a blank for the rest. The...
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Big Buck Bunny
via Robert Accettura's Fun With Wordage by Robert on June 01, 2008
Big Buck Bunny, the new open movie made using Blender is out. It’s rather good, and impressive when you realize it’s made with open source products, meaning the only barrier to making one yourself (assuming you’ve got a rendering farm, or the patience to let your workstation churn out the pixels) is your skills. You can download it from the website (h.264 available) or watch on YouTube. ...
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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
via Twitter Status by (author unknown) on May 31, 2008
Shared by livibetter Twitter IM will be back online on Tuesday!We’re gathering today to make some minor changes on our slave databases (shortening a few tables) to help speed queries. You may notice some extra slowness while we bring the modifications into production. We’ll get speedy again after the databases warm to the new queries.This is an effort to reduce overall web and API load...
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NASA+Twitter in NYT
via Twitter Blog by Biz on May 30, 2008
There's a great piece in the Science section of Tomorrow's New York Times about NASA's artful use of Twitter to relay information to the people of Earth regarding the Mars Phoenix Lander. The tweets were written in the first person, as if Phoenix the friendly spacecraft were sending out text messages to friends and fans. In part, that was to be more entertaining, Ms. McGregor said,...
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Tip #252: Random line
via shell-fu by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
cat file.txt | sort -R | tail -1pokes a random line from a fileMaster the command line with Unix Power Tools
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