Chris Wilson imagines a better spell-check:
There's no reason why spell-check dictionaries need to be so behind the times. All the technology to build a relevant, timely spelling database already exists in search engines like Google and Microsoft's own Live Search, which have a vast vocabulary of words and names and update their dictionaries in near real time.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/01/open-source-spell-check/206893/
