SilenceIsGolden

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Use the Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary to find out what things are called (Download Squad)

Oct 25th 2010 4:46PM Well, to be precise, it's a service that Merriam-Webster bought from QA International, apparently a company from Quebec, Canada. The original site can be found at http://www.ikonet.com/en/visualdictionary/ .

Why should you go there instead of Merriam-Webster? Because it'll help you learn other languages in a very ingenious way: 1. On that site itself, you can pick "French" from a drop-down menu to change the language. 2. If you look at their footer on that site, under 'partner sites,' you'll find, e.g., a link to "Bildwörterbuch" which is the version of this visual dictionary in the German language.

I'm sure there will be more languages to come.

Murder Map illustrates every known murder in London, England (Download Squad)

Oct 19th 2010 5:01PM And here's the one for Los Angeles, CA:
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide/map/

They're doing it since 2007 and also have mapped other, non-violent crimes.

Opera 10.10 with Unite and Turbo now available (Download Squad)

Nov 23rd 2009 2:40PM I really don't like the introduction of features to any software that encourages people to leave their computers running 24/7. And for no good reason. I haven't read about a function of Unite that cannot as easily be achieved with other products/solutions.

So much for trying to get people to *save energy.* There is a reason why there's an on-button on every computer - you're supposed to shut it down, when you don't need it. (Same applies to routers, etc.)