Google Docs has just added a couple of cool new features: translation and the ability to remove smartquotes in documents (coming soon). This tweak comes on the heels of a major overhaul to the program, as well as new sharing/privacy options . Let’s say you have a penpal in France, and you want to send your penpal a lovely note — written in his native language
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty , the first chapter in the sequel to one of the most wildly successful computer games of all time, went on sale today. It’s available in retail stores and as a digital download for Mac and Windows computers.
Today we are celebrating Mashable’s fifth birthday. Thanks to our readers and advertisers, Mashable has come a long way since Pete Cashmore first launched the site on July 27, 2005.
Seesmic has just updated its Seesmic Web app to include support for Facebook and LinkedIn . The new version also includes a refined interface and a faster backend. Like HootSuite and Brizzly , Seesmic Web is a tool you can use to manage and monitor your social networks all from within the web browser.
Stieg Larsson, a Swedish journalist and detective novelist best known for his Millenium trilogy, has become the first author to sell more than 1 million e-books in the Kindle Store. The three books in the posthumously published trilogy — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest , are all among the Kindle Store’s 10 bestselling books of all time. As of March 2010, the trilogy has sold more than 27 million copies (physical and digital) in more than 40 countries.
Gmail now supports the ability to view Microsoft Word documents in your browser with a single click. The Google Docs viewer that handles the new duties already provides one-click viewing of PDF, Powerpoint and TIFF files.
Oh Ballmer, just pull out the checkbook already! The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld a lower court’s decision that would ban the current version of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office from sale as of January 11, 2010. As you may recall, Canadian company i4i Inc.
Last week, we reported on a ruling that effectively barred Microsoft from selling Word unless they remove functionality that violates a patent belonging to a company called i4i. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is appealing the ruling, but for the moment, they’re also asking for more time, as the judge in the case had ordered the company to comply within 60 days.
Welcome to the world of surprising patent lawsuits. A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell Word – yes, Microsoft Word, the cornerstone of Microsoft Office – in the United States. Toronto-based i4i Inc won an injunction against Microsoft regarding the company’s XML patents.
