So, Autodesk opted for a customised Systran system which translates search results into French, Spanish, German or Italian. (Support for Japanese is in the works.) By analysing the documents in Autodesk's database, and exploiting the fact that they are written in a consistent style, it was possible to tune the translation system to produce far more accurate results.

ECONOMIST: Machine translation

So what's happened since last week's post, flagging up and analysing the contents of documents obtained through subterfuge from the leading US climate sceptic lobby group?

BBC: Confessions of a climate gate-opener

Congressman Dan Burton's Government Reform and Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Justice Department documents, and will be analysing videotapes turned over by the Texas Rangers.

ECONOMIST: The Waco investigation