Google Plotted Hurricane Irene Online Map

WASHINGTON-Internet giant Google has launched a road map online tracking of Hurricane Irene and provide other useful information about the storm on the way to the U.S. East Coast.

The map, which is in crisislanding.appspot.com is a product of Google team response to the crisis, which provides online tools to help with relief efforts after natural disasters.

The map shows three to five day forecasts of Hurricane Irene, showing evacuation routes and coastal areas of the eastern United States is in danger of facing a flood.

In addition to maps, online tools developed by Google include the "People Finder," which tries to locate and return the victims of earthquakes or other disasters.

Millions of Americans are preparing to Irene, a category two hurricane packing 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour, is expected to hit North Carolina on Saturday before heading north to New York.

Hurricanes are rare on the U.S. east coast, home to more than 65 million people live in a densely populated string of cities from Washington to New York to Boston.

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Google Translation Plan For Wales, "a Ridiculous

A proposal to produce a bilingual summary of the discussions Welsh via Google have been described as "ridiculous" by the translators.

Officials were studied using the Google Translate service in the preparation of the minutes of the proceedings in Welsh, and then proof read it.

But the head of the association said the idea of ​​translation activity is not saving money.

Assembly officials say they have agreed to file a fully bilingual, in principle.

Assembly ceased to bring the contributions of members of English in Welsh at meetings in the room nervous last September.

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The only satisfactory way of producing a Welsh language is to use a translator cofnod recognized "

Geraint Wyn Parry, the Welsh Association of Translators and Interpreters

Welsh contributions AMS is translated into English for the recording, but not vice versa.

The Welsh Language Board has accused the Assembly Commission, responsible for day to day business in Cardiff Bay, to break the language system by not producing a record of the plenary fully bilingual - the equivalent to Assembly Hansard of Parliament.

A report of a recent meeting of the Committee, said passage of 5000 words from the plate - known in Welsh as "cofnod" - was downloaded from Google Translate and "quality assured" by a staff member as part of a pilot project.

He estimated that the cost of using this method of translation of approximately £ 110 000 per year, but he noted that Google has plans to withdraw the free service and possibly replace it with a paid service.

"Risky strategy"

Based on the free application for the disc to be "high risk", the report said.

Hiring a bilingual translators to turn to record five days would cost about £ 240 000 and makes the work of the house would cost about £ 350,000.

Welsh AM chamber contributions in the room can not be translated from English in Wales

Geraint Wyn Parry, executive director of the Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters, said: "It's a ridiculous idea, really, they can even consider bringing a legal document such as this by using machine translation, which is recognized as having missing.

"The only way to produce a satisfactory cofnod Welsh language is to use a recognized translator."

He added that even if the translator of Google could give an idea of ​​what has been said, the technology was "nowhere near sufficiently developed to translate official documents".

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As part of a commitment to develop and innovate the delivery of bilingual services, the commissioners agreed in principle that they wish to provide a bilingual summary of the case "

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"I think the general perception is probably more effective from scratch," he said.

"There is certainly a place for software in the translation industry.

"But the moment the software as Google Translate, mechanical translation, is very much in its infancy."

Mr. Parry has been estimated that about 600 people working in Welsh and English in Wales. His organization has 326 individual members and six members of society.

In a statement, the Assembly Commission, said he had considered the approach to be "to provide bilingual copies."

"As part of a commitment to develop and innovate the delivery of bilingual services, the commissioners agreed in principle that they wish to provide a bilingual summary of the case," he said.

Officials were asked to continue to study the feasibility and cost of using machine translation database.

He said: "They (the commissioners) have agreed that any new agreement would be sustainable in the long term and provide a reasonable cost, the Commission will examine the results of this work in early autumn .."

The Commission also agreed to introduce legislation that would put his tasks and to the Assembly for bilingual services "on a sound statutory." A bill should be ready for the treatment of AMS at the end of year.

A spokesman for the Assembly, said that the Welsh Council on the Commission to support the use of machine translation based on a meeting last month.

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Samsung Chromebook: The Thought Experiment Google Google $ 499 Oh! You're So Wide!

The most impressive thing about Google is that they come Chromebooks opening a file manager. It's not a lot of file management, but it is relatively easy to find, and gives you access to the files fast enough that you download, or screen shots you have taken or documents of a flash drive is connected to the USB port.

It may seem like the most basic tools. But in December, when Google released its beta Chromebook, RC-48, there was no file manager. And Mountain View was adamant that such a basic piece of software was beside the point.

Running Google Chrome the operating system OS, Chromebooks trying to move everything you do on the interwebs. Chrome OS is basically a modified Linux kernel that runs a single native application: the browser Google Chrome. You can install plug-ins and extensions, but otherwise all the applications you use must be a web application. Instead of running a local copy of Microsoft Office, you use Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar. Instead of iTunes, you can use Pandora or perhaps the services of "cloud" of music offered by Google and Amazon.

This also means that most of the information is located within a web service like Google Docs. Google pitches Chromebook a computer as a kind of disposable. If it disappears, the company says, will lose none of your data and applications. You only need to buy a replacement machine, login to your existing Google Account, and find all waiting for you, just as you left it.

The problem is that the world is not ready for a machine that does not give access to local files. Google supports both by adding a file manager for Chrome the operating system, which made its debut last month with the arrival of the $ 429 Samsung Series 5 and $ 349 Acer AC700 Chromebook Chromebook-1099. CR-48 beta testers called for a file manager, and Google has given them.

But this file manager is primitive at best. Family nested folders, providing access to downloads and screen shots, and external drives, but there are certain types of files that can be launched directly to the Director. If you click on. Doc, for example, operating system, Chrome gives an error message. Do not open the file in Google Docs. OS now offers a media player to play MP3 files and such, but is the most basic of tools. These are the only place that will be weaned away from local files and applications. Google is still very determined to move around the web

Samsung Chromebook We used the last two weeks, and with the exception of File Manager and Media Player, and a few other PIN and gathering, the basic experience is not very different from what we saw with the CR-48.

Using a solid-state flash drive instead of a traditional hard drive, the car starts for about ten seconds. Immediately goes to sleep and just relive when you close and open the display. And the Security Council makes a terrible model for a lot of sense. But if you are a consumer, this is not a portable machine that can replace a primary. And if you're on a business trip, is only part of the workforce.

There are some web applications that can not natively play, including design tools and video editors and high end games. Even web applications mature enough Google Docs I can not agree with what you get from desktop software.

What's more, shuttling files to Web applications is still a painful process, and this has contributed only marginally from the file manager for Google. But the main problem is that Chromebook is completely useless, but if you do not have internet access. Google is also the center of the web applications are not yet online.

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