i-DNS.net & Slangsoft Team Up to Empower Multilingualization of the Internet.Business/Technology Editors SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 Joint Effort enables Businesses and End Users to Register and Access Domain Names with Non-English Characters Seamlessly i-DNS.net International (i-DNS.net), the world's leading provider of multilingual Internet technology solutions, and Slangsoft, the standard for intelligent Text Input and Display (iTID), today announced a technology partnership to facilitate intuitive use of Multilingual Domain Names via seamless text input. As the pioneer of the Internationalized Domain Name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that (potentially) contains non-ASCII characters. Such domain names could contain letters with diacritics, as required by many European languages, or characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or System (iDNS), i-DNS.net's core technology allows people to register and use domain names in their language of choice. Fully compatible with commonly used Internet browsers and inter-operable with the prevailing Domain Name System (DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the ), iDNS currently provides local language domain name registration services across the globe in more than 20 different languages through its registrar partners. The addition of Slangsoft's intelligent Text Input and Display (iTID) layer to any OS, platform, application or GUI widget A small element used in a graphical user interface (GUI) such as a button or scroll bar. provides intelligent User Interface, capable of accepting and displaying text in 47 languages, including fast, predictive input. This powerful yet compact technology will be used on i-DNS.net's consumer products, enabling end-users to carry out a range of Web activities requiring non-English text input. "This partnership effectively brings together two industry leaders, and promises to be a great step forward in entering and accessing multilingual domain names on the Web, via any type of device, including Net appliances," says Arie Mazur, Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Slangsoft. "It marks yet another milestone in our efforts to creating a Multilingual Internet accessible to everyone," says Michael Ng, CEO of i-DNS.net. "The synergy of our product offerings translates to unprecedented functionality for all our end-users and will contribute greatly to the growth of the Internet and e-Commerce globally." About Slangsoft Slangsoft (www.slangsoft.com) is a fast-growing B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business software company whose Cross Platform, Intelligent Text Input and Display (TID tid 3 times a day ) layer for every national language, has in a short-time become a global standard and a critical layer of the current and future Web infrastructure. Slangsoft Cross Platform iTID (Intelligent Text input and Display) layer, available in pure Java Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail. as well as Native implementation, allows Application Service Providers (ASPs), Net Appliance manufacturers, platform providers and software developers to offer a User Interface which accepts predictive and fast Text Input and Display in every language. For more information, please visit http://www.slangsoft.com About i-DNS.net International Headquartered in Silicon Valley, i-DNS.net International (i-DNS.net) is the leading provider of multilingual Internet technologies and solutions. The Company's core domain name technology allows people to use the language of their choice for their Internet Domain Name An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. . By pioneering the global deployment of multilingual Internet technology and championing the use of multilingual domain names, i-DNS.net seeks to bridge the gap that has hindered Internet access See how to access the Internet. for non-native English users of the world. For more information, please visit http://www.i-DNS.net |
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