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Many of today’s largest tech companies, such as Sony, Nokia, Samsung and IBM, have been around for a very long time (some since the 1800s). Their beginnings were often very humble, and it is fascinating to look back and see how they actually got started. We selected nine of the world’s oldest and largest tech companies to see how and when they got started. As you will notice, many were initially doing completely different things from what they are doing today and have been active in a lot of different business areas. Sony – started in 1945 Sony started out... [Tags: akio morita, business areas, business machines corporation, engineering corporation, english word]

They say that all the great ideas are already taken. Well they were wrong! You’ve just invented a new form of treatment for diabetes, some new innovations for your time machine or even an awesome new way to take your banana to work. The idea is great and nobody else has ever thought of it. This is going to make you millions for sure. However, your lawyer has other ideas. He did a search on major patent databases and he’s got news for you: Your innovation isn’t new, the patent office will reject it without a blink of an eyelid... [Tags: blink, china taiwan, chinese language, chinese patents, chinese text]

Poseur Alert — "There is no single English word for McCain the hero, the moral entity. But in Hebrew he would be called a tsaddik–a man of such nobility and moral substance that he approaches holiness. If this assertion sounds crazy, that only shows how little we have thought about the issue," - David Gelernter, Weekly Standard. Award glossary here. (Hat tip: Alex Massie)... [Tags: alex massie, assertion, david gelernter, english word, glossary]

Millionth word in English imminent? — A new word is added to the English language every 98 minutes, says the Global Language Monitor, a descendant of yourDictionary.com. (Ironically, the group's "about" page has "dictionary" misspelled as "dictioanry" in one place.) According to the Global Language Monitor's best estimate, the millionth English word will be coined sometime next April. However, the Global Language Monitor is a bit looser with its acceptance of new words than most dictionaries. For example, unabridged dictionaries include about 600,000 words, compared to the 900,000 tracked thus far by the Global Language Monitor. From Smithsonian: "We went back to the Middle English and... [Tags: best estimate, descendant, dictioanry, dictionary, english word]

Help us spread the (non-English) word! — Are you a blogger whose primary language is NOT English? We want you to help us spread the word about the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Follow the link below to sign up for our international bloggers list, where we will disseminate information about the PRIZE as it happens, so you can be the first to break the big news in your country or language.Click here to sign up!... [Tags: blogger, english word, google, x prize]

Here's one straight out of Deutschland! It's the "Fucker" bus. We don't have any interior photos so I can't be sure as to what goes on inside. The bus is parked in front of a church - I will leave what that means up to your thoughts. It's actually the "Fücker" bus and the english word would be "fuecker" but clearly someone forgot the E or the umlaut. Either way, it's hilarious. You can book the bus on this site: http://www.busmietzentrale.de/ read more... [Tags: english word, interior photos, quot, umlaut]

Fanboy Is Now a Real English Word, Says Merriam-Webster [Dictionary] — Yes, it's official: you now can be a fanboy by the power of Grayskull and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, which says the word is now part of the English language. They arrive a little late, because the Oxford English Dictionary in the Apple's Mac OS X Leopard running on my Apple iMac 24" shows it, and so does the dictionary on my Apple PowerBook 17"—running Apple's Mac OS X Tiger—and also the automatic orthography corrector in my Apple iPhone. The Merriam-Webster added other geek terms which are not in the Oxford, though: Netroots: the grassroots political activists who communicate via... [Tags: apple imac, apple iphone, apple powerbook, educational presentation, english word]