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Google Faces Plagiarism Questions Over Chinese Software

Posted by Zonk on from the i'll-just-take-a-look-and-yoink dept.

yaohua2000 writes "Google's laboratory in China has launched its first product, a Pinyin Input Method Editor. The software allows the romanized characters to be translated to more traditional Chinese symbols , via entering on a QWERTY keyboard. Users soon discovered that the data Google used for the product was unusually similar to the data used by a Chinese rival, Sogou. Google has evaded the question about software similarities, reports PC World. 'The similarities, which included an error involving the name of a celebrity, were noted on a Google Labs discussion board about its Pinyin IME. Users noted that entering the Pinyin pinggong into the Google IME incorrectly produced the name of Feng Gong, an actor and comedian.'"

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  1. oh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bah humbug!

  2. My girlfriends pussy.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Smells like rotten meat. Does anyone have any suggestions, or should I just break up with her over it?

  3. "Google's" ? by joefreshman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone who submits or edits posts know how to use apostrophes? How could anyone think "Google's" can be followed by a verb?

  4. Don't you mean first post, QUEER? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is intended to waste one (1) modpoint.

  5. Who cares by alvil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yang Ling Fan or whatever his name is having a restaurant here in Central Europe, near my house stolen my kung-pao recipe and who cares? Chinese is hard to understand, much harder than my english.

  6. Hey idiot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is intended to waste one (1) modpoint.