China

Laura and Paul scour the interwebs and their inboxes to find out what 'Softies are talking about- here's a taste of the flavor this week:The Dilbert ChallengeMango Apps now being acceptedSmarter file copying in Windows 8Social Networks & Microsoft in China

Matt Scott of Microsoft Research walks us through Engkoo: the new “dictionary” vertical search of Bing in China. What makes this English-Chinese assistance tool unique is that it unifies human translation mined from the web, machine translation, and a language learning experience, into one easy…

Today, in partnership with Microsoft China and CSDN, we launched Channel 9 in China. CSDN Channel 9 is a place where developers will learn about what Chinese developers are working on, thinking about, innovating and, of course, who they are – all in a language that requires no…

It was a long time coming, but today was the day. Silverlight 2 was released to the web today!I'm in Shenzen, where it's after midnight, so I'll just list a few links.First, Scott Guthrie's blog has, as always, the best summary of what's new and interesting in Silverlight 2. Silverlight.net has…

No doubt you've heard about the recent earthquakes in China. The Live Search Maps team in China has put together a collection rendering all of the earthquakes in China. In addition to mapping out where the earthquakes occurred, there's a sidebar which provides more information about each spot…