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ISSUE NO 39 IN SEARCH OF THE BUSINESS MODEL

LANGUAGE TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Transparent language, a developer of language technology, believes it is necessary to cross language barriers for the success of corporations looking to expand overseas.

 (source: http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=367609 )

SA’S PLANETPASTEL ADDS WAP SUPPORT TO ITS PORTAL

PlanetPastel.com adds WAP support to its portal and software The Pastel group plans to add Wireless Application Protocol functionality to its accounting software, thus enabling end-users to use their cellphones to access accounting information while on the move.

(source: http://www.boot.co.za/news/nov00/ppastel28.htm )

THE INNER SECRETS OF MICROSOFT’S TABLET PC

Bill Gates calls the Tablet PC ‘one of the most amazing projects we’ve ever done.’ Here is what is inside the company’s prototype

(source: http://www.digitalplanet.co.za/dp/news/red.asp?ID=8682 )

TECHSOUP.ORG PARTNERS WITH CNET TO DELIVER TECH RESOURCES TO NGOs DIRECTLY TO NONPROFITS

TechSoup.org (http://www.techsoup.org), CompuMentor’s (http://www.compumentor.org) free nonprofit technology Web site, has partnered with CNET (http://www.cnet.com) to share comprehensive expert technology recommendations directly with our colleagues in the nonprofit sector.

YAHOO SWALLOWS EGROUPS

Yahoo has acquired eGroups, the operator of many of the mailing lists used by those on the internet in Africa. The new service will be called Yahoo! Groups. Its announcement seeks to be reassuring:" Don’t worry, all eGroups email and web addresses will continue to work, all data and event ownership will be maintained, and your entire group membership will carry over....Yahoo! Groups will continue to be a free service, and all the main features you use now will continue to be a part of the new Groups service. We’ll begin to internationalize Yahoo! Groups after we’ve launched the service in the United States. In the interim, you will be able to use the international versions of eGroups".

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