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Buzzword: Bloatware  2013-09-11 15:36:02

Bloatware refers to pre-installed software on your phone that provides more bells and whistles than you'd ever need in your wildest dreams, but irritatingly occupies so much space that there's no room for the things that you actually want to use!



Bilingual: More than 1,100 of the heroes who helped at Ground Zero have cancer  2013-09-11 15:36:02

According to the NIOSH, 1,140 responders and people living near the World Trade Center (WTC) at the time of the attack have been diagnosed with WTC-related cancer. This number is 15% higher than the cancer rate of the general population.



Bilingual: Uruguayan man survives freezing four-month Andes ordeal  2013-09-10 15:53:38

A Uruguayan man who went missing in May while trying to cross the Andes mountains from Chile to Argentina has been found alive, officials say. Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui, 58, got lost in snowstorms after his motorbike broke down.



Language tips: Angel investing  2013-09-10 15:53:38

Angel investors are just rich individuals who want to make good use of their extra money by helping someone developing a business of his own.



Bilingual: Japanese professor pushes for Hide and Seek at the Olympics  2013-09-09 15:40:22

At 64, Yasuo Hazaki admits he may no longer have the speed of an Olympic athlete, but guile is as important an attribute in his chosen sport - competitive hide-and-seek - and he is lobbying for it be included in the 2020 Games.



Buzzword: Malware reunion  2013-09-09 15:40:22

Malware reunion describes the situation when a computer virus or other malware sends junk mail to recipients on your contact list and that results in a correspondence between you and someone on your contact list with whom you have not communicated in a long time.



Bilingual: HIV-positive man may have exposed 300 partners  2013-09-06 15:23:36

A local police department in southeast Missouri confirms the arrest of an HIV-positive man who published reports and admitted to having sex with hundreds of men without telling them his health status.



Buzzword: Fauxductivity  2013-09-06 15:23:36

Fauxductivity, faux + productivity, means pretending to work hard, or busyness that consists of trivial or unproductive activities.



Video: THE WEEK Sept 6: Simply unlucky  2013-09-06 13:42:59

Find out what one US politician was doing while in a meeting to discuss taking his country to war. And if you’re down on your luck like on poker player, try a new Japanese kissing game on your iPad. All that and more on the latest episode of The Week!



Video: China's Islands - Part2: Fishing  2013-09-04 15:21:35

Changhai County is located in the north of the Yellow Sea, to the east of Liaodong Peninsula. It is the only island county in Northeast China, and also the only island county bordering China.



Buzzword: Year-zero face  2013-09-05 15:43:45

Buzzword: Hint fiction  2013-09-04 15:13:28

Reform needed for China economy?  2013-09-04 10:55:05

Buzzword: Brick  2013-09-02 15:15:07

Buzzword: Digital detox  2013-08-30 15:09:04



Buzzword: Zero hours contract  2013-08-29 15:19:38

Language tips: Vicious circle  2013-08-28 15:11:57

China's islands - Infographic  2013-08-28 13:32:53

Buzzword: Shampaign  2013-08-27 15:11:32

Fair brings vintage to Beijing  2013-08-27 09:45:06



Buzzword: Guerrilla proofreading  2013-08-23 15:34:22

Hot words: Trial in open court  2013-08-22 15:12:28

Buzzword: Hate hug  2013-08-21 15:06:47