Fallout from the GMAT Cheat Site Shutdown

Many people assumed that the Scoretop.com story was over when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favor of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) in its copyright infringement case against Scoretop operate Lei Shi. The story may only get bigger, however, as GMAC reports that they have one of Scoretop’s hard drives and intend to punish those who paid the… (more…)

Russia: Facebook, Etc.

The Lede reviews the Russian-language versions of American search engines and social networking sites and their Russian counterparts.
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Hungary: ?National Pride?

Hungarian Spectrum writes about the “puzzling” issue of “national pride.”
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Algeria: Baby Talk

Algerian linguist Lameen Souag is busy studying Siwi - and notes that they have 40 words used in baby talk. “So what special words do you use in your language when talking to babies?” he asks.
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