Search Briefs
+ Yahoo Brings Babel Fish Translation Service into Suite of Services
Let’s review:
+ AltaVista’s Babelfish Translation Service Debuts on Web (12/9/1997)
+ Overture buys AltaVista (2/18/2003)
+ AltaVista Purchased by Yahoo (7/15/2003)
+ New: Yahoo Branded Version of Babel Fish Debuts on Web (4/27/2006)
The service has never left the Internet. What’s new is the Yahoo branding and a separate web page along with two new translation options: Two more language pair choices: Simplified Chinese into Traditional Chinese, and Traditional Chinese into Simplified Chinese. Systran technology continues to power the Babel Fish service. Direct to Yahoo Babel Fish. Btw, the AltaVista interface to Babel Fish remains online. The AV version also offers a world keyboard while the Y version does not.
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+ Yahoo To Create Better Portals Globally (via SEW Blog)
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+ SideStep Launches Activity Search (via SEW Blog)

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