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The Semantic wedge: Freebase, Powerset and Twine

Danny Hillis Metaweb, Barney Pell Powerset and Nova Spivack Radar Networks shared the stage for a session on the semantic Web at the Web 2.0 Summit. All three are developing services that bake more intelligence into the Web. And, the companies are all well funded, hyped...

Tags: Web, Data, Powerset, Twine, Freebase, Freebase Database, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-19

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Cool Tools - What is your Twitter grade?

HubSpot has launched what it is calling the Twitter Grader, which seems to be the now-defunct Tweeterboard reincarnate -- yet with a proposed business purpose. The grader allows Twitter users to enter in their screen names and the names of others into its secret algorithmic stuff generator and find out...

Tags: Twitter, Tool, HubSpot, Productivity, Public Relations, Marketing Research, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-29

The biggest health tech story of our time

It's the sort of work politicians have been doing for decades, only with much greater depth, because the database is deeper, and with a purely scientific motivation. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Study, Health Care, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Storage, Benefits, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Human Resources, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Oncilla Excel2Text (exe)

Oncilla Excel2Text is a tool to convert Excel files to Text files. The Text files can be in any of the following formats UTF8, ANSI or Unicode little endian. The tool lets you perform this conversion with out using MS Excel, it does not require that MS Excel be installed...

Tags: Tool, Oncilla Technologies, Oncilla Excel2Text, Microsoft Excel, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-28

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1All part of the MS plan to keep browsers dumbded down. If we had reallygood browsers, how would they get people to use MS proprietary solutions for rich internet applications.RE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1The title says Firefox 3.0.1The graph...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Quality, Adrian, Firefox 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analytics

Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analyticsAster In-Database MapReduce Available NowDana - great article – thanks for covering this. Many agree this is a game-changing innovation for the database industry. I'd just like to point out: [1] Aster In-Database MapReduce is available now for evaluation...

Tags: Storage, Financial Planning, juice data, database, MapReduce, analytics, performance

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Maxs (zip)

With this program you can see all user connected to an access database. Step-by-step: Open maxs.exe2, select only .mdb or .ldb files and click view. This program is in 2 languages: Italian and English. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Program, Millennium, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-08-27

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools (zip)

Huagati DBML Tools is an add-in for Visual Studio that adds functionality to the Linq2SQL/DBML diagram designer in Visual Studio 2008, adding options for comparing and synchronizing Linq2SQL designer diagrams with the database, for updating classes and properties generated using the Linq to SQL designer or Entity Framework designer to...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Huagati Systems, Huagati DBML Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Databases, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-08-27

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.SurprisingI am a little surprised they would even bother to do this. But not very surprised.I have never been tempted to 'taunt' them in the first place. What I have been tempted to do is send them false information, preferably from an automated source,...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Cyberthreats, Middleware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, new credit, ActiveX, virus

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he's taking Google, Verizon, Cox and LG to court for infringing on his patents for visual voicemail technology. A Reuters story highlights some of his past legal battles, including a June...

Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'

Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'Just another reason to keep government smallThis is just another example of how incompitant our government can be. This is a huge problem all over the government and it is wasting billions of our hard earned money while some would like to...

Tags: Vertical industries, Keep-It-Simple, government, database, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?

Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?Wow, we are breaking down the barriers to web application adoption for allof our every day applications. The speed here will be so close to natively compiled code that it will not matter any more. But, we still need some kind of a sandboxed...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., security, Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

MyPersonalDiet (Smartphone) (exe)

MyPersonalDiet is the most comprehensive diet software for Windows Mobile Smartphone that gives you the tools to reach you weight goal by providing simple means of tracking your food and workouts, monitor your health and get clear assessments of your efforts and results. MyPersonalDiet will not burn calories for you,...

Tags: Food, Smartphone, VidaOne, MyPersonalDiet, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-08-26

MyPersonalDiet (Pocket PC) (exe)

MyPersonalDiet is the most comprehensive diet software for Pocket PC that gives you the tools to reach you weight goal by providing simple means of tracking your food and workouts, monitor your health and get clear assessments of your efforts and results. MyPersonalDiet will not burn calories for you, but...

Tags: Food, PC, Pocket PC, VidaOne, MyPersonalDiet, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Amphis - Customer (msi)

Amphis - Customer is a customer database that makes it easier to generate quotes and invoices, manage your email, keep track of who owes you money, send reminders, store correspondence and sales history. Email templates allow you to send standard emails and standard email replies including attachments. Reminders help you...

Tags: Invoice, Amphis Software, Itemised, E-mail, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Online Communications, Sales

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?microsoft.com & msdn, plus some weird gothic stuff knowing you:PRE: Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?It'd be easier if my ISP asked me which porn sites I was going to instead of doing the deep packet sniffing. I'd be glad to...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, NOW IT, Does Big Brother

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Tech distie Ingram Micro teams up with EPEAT

If you're a technology product reseller, here's another reason to buy from distributor Ingram Micro: the company's product database now includes the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool ratings information for rated products that it sells. For now, EPEAT which is maintained by the Green Electronics Council covers desktops, notebooks,...

Tags: Team, Ingram Micro Inc., Team Management, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Which merchants benefit most from open source?

Which merchants benefit most from open source?Which businesses exist because of open source?Seriously, Open Source has lowered the bar to becoming a business to the cost of hardware and time. Yes, people always say their time is worth $1000/hour, but that's assuming people are paying you at ALL times.For...

Tags: Web servers, Servers, server, open source, small business, Web server, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Olympics set the stage for Web tech fight

The summer Olympic games provided the first battleground for a war between Microsoft and Adobe over the Internet's next big competition. SEATTLE--As the world's best athletes competed in Beijing, the summer Olympic games set the stage for a battle between Microsoft and Adobe over the Internet's next big competition....

Tags: Software, Developer, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Flash, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Reuters, Adobe, Microsoft, Silverlight, video

News items 2008-08-25

Over my dead body

Over my dead bodyStick to what you know, Murph!Hmm, last week you were saying you had little experience with SMEs and were offering space on your blog to those who do, today you are making stunningly sweeping generalizations about their employees! Where's your data!?My business focus, since 1993, has been...

Tags: SMB/SME, PRODUCTIVITY, dead body, villain, small and medium enterprise

Discussion threads 2008-08-25