Its easy to think of computer as just machinery: buttons, screens and parts that work together. But the magic of computers comes from something makes them unique to you. This is Computer Software In Plain English. The problem with computers is that m...
China's software outsourcing industry is considerably smaller than its much-heralded counterpart in India but it is growing fast, and unlike Indian firms, many Chinese companies are working on cutting-edge product development for the world's major te...
Thats a shout World Cup enthusiasts dont hear too frequently. Soccers known for low-scoring games, which makes it difficult to find an objective means of measuring the skill of top players. In a given game, a couple might nail a goal or have an assis...
At a recent Sacramento PC User's Group meeting, a company was demonstratingits latest speech-recognition software. A representative from the company was just about ready to start the demonstration and asked everyone in the room to quiet down. Just th...
Power of Self Talk Life is like a big swing, dangling between the depths of happiness and sadness. As soon as we descend down the slope of sadness, we accelerate over the ever-feel-good acclivity of happiness. At times of distress, when we are down w...
Photo: VOA photo - Pos Laput A vendor sells pirated DVDs in Vietnam Despite some gains in fighting copyright infringement in many countries, brazen piracy remains visible in Asia. In a scene found in many Asian cities, pirated movies, music and softw...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 07 April 2007 American software designer Charles Simonyi is due to head into space Saturday along with two Russian cosmonauts for a ten-day stay at the International Space Station. Simonyi was born in Hungary and is the fifth...
EXPLORATIONS - Computer Software Theft By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Software is easy to copy. This is why software the...
EXPLORATIONS -January 9, 2002: Software Theft By Paul Thompson Pirated computer software VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORAT...