BIOS: Technology Means Business

Clever-Stuff has entered into an exclusive partnership with the Oxford University Press to launch the first flash memory drives from their disgo range that come pre-loaded with a digital version of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (COED).

This is the first time a digital version of the COED has been included on an USB key.

COED is designed to be as straightforward and self-explanatory as possible, and the use of special dictionary symbols and conventions has been kept to a minimum. For those times when you need to impress have the dictionary on hand at any time.

Play one of the specially devised games to improve your spelling skills such as Anagram and Conundrum or check your grammar against the Good English Guide. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary in its portable form offers the most authoritative description of the English language with up to date coverage of over 240,000 words, phrases and meanings.

It comes in the form of a 30-day free trial with voice pronunciation on over 50,000 words and can be converted to a permanent license on www.mydisgo.com at an introductory offer of £14.99.

The disgo range have an abundance of second wave applications such as Migo and SignupShield. Migo software application enables any computer that you use to look and act the same as your own computer. No trace of worked completed will be left behind and Migo will also synchronise any changes made back onto your own PC, while SignupShield cleverly remembers your online or network passwords and automatically fills in forms and logins for you, when required.

“Clever-Stuff is delighted to be working with the Oxford University Press to help create a new market for smart drives containing applications and reference material. We both share the same long term vision for the application of this technology and expect other publishers and software vendors to follow,” said Lorraine Hughes, Head of Business Development at Clever-Stuff.

Katharina Baier, Electronic Licensing Assistant, Oxford University Press said “We continue to search for new ways of extending the market for our portfolio of award winning reference publications, including the UK’s best-selling dictionary. The new partnership with Clever-Stuff will enable us to address the changing needs of our existing customers and attract new ones to our brand”.

The disgo range of products is available at Dixon’s and PC World from £19.99. The digital Concise English Dictionary is also available on the disgo classic, disgo lite and busbi range.

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