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The Semantic Web - is everyone confused?: The Economist. Tim O'Reilly. Nova Spivack. Danny Ayers. Read/Write Web's Alex Iskold. Kingsley Idehen. Brad Feld. Over the last few days all of them have been amongst those writing to clarify their understanding of the Semantic Web and where it's going. Each piece is thoughtful, each piece...; Tags: Web, Technology, Language, Danny Ayers, Read/Write Web, Tim, SWEO, Semantic Web, Web 2.0, RDF, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2007-11-01
Universal Desktop Daily - Thursday, November 30, 2006: Hey, sorry about the lack of UDDs. With Thanksgiving and then general hectic-ness I havent been able to highlight things as well this week. Its a shame because there are some cool things going on. Heres a rundown from the past few days. Richard MacManus has the...; Tags: RIA, Ashish, Flex, Apollo, Windows Presentation Foundation, Read/Write Web, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe; Blog posts 2006-11-30
The Web is Google's OS: Anyone who reads this blog knows I enjoy dabbling in some rampant speculation. But the idea of a Google OS is one that I dont buy. Google has the most powerful advertising platform on the planet and theyve managed to do all of this by building on top of the...; Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Applications, Google, Read/Write Web; Blog posts 2006-11-21

Social nets and identity fragmentation: faberNovel Consulting has mapped out some trends in social networking and digital identity. The research paper PDF here titled "Social network websites: best practices from leading services," compares LinkedIn and Xing and Match.com and Meetic. The research paper also touches on the how identity is changed by...; Tags: Fragmentation, Identity, Digital Identity, faberNovel Consulting, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-02
True Knowledge enters the semantic search ring: True Knowledge is previewing in private beta a new search engine that deliver answers rather than a list of statistically relevant links as in most search engines. Type in "Is Jennifer Lopez single?," and the engine disambiguates the term "single," and produces a correct, structured response. ...; Tags: Knowledge, True Knowledge, Strategy, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-07

News to know: Zimbra's big deal; Dell and Novell; Vista's hidden tool: Notable headlines:Dan Farber: Comcast goes with Zimbra for new collaboration suite. David Berlind: Zimbras Scott Dietzen Unplugged: Comcast deal puts Zimbra in the big leagues now. News story.AP: Dell Signs on With Microsoft, Novell.Dan Farber: Massive IBM U.S. Global Services layoff on the horizon? Sphere focuses search on time and...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-05-07
News to know: Oracle vs. SAP; YouTube battle; Crowdsourcing: Notable headlines:Motion-sensing comes to mobile phones. Gallery right.Larry Dignan: Oracle sues SAP; alleges ‘corporate theft on a grand scale." Full complaint. Joshua Greenbaum: The Lawsuit As Barometer: SAP Finally Scores Big with TomorrowNow.NBC, News Corp. push new Web rival to YouTube. NewTube: Will video content really be king? MSN Soapbox:...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), YouTube Inc., crowdsourcing, SAP AG, Microsoft Windows Vista, Oracle Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-23
Is Adobe Getting their Google On With Hosted Software?: We live in a crazy world. We have search engines that are really advertising companies, individual bloggers taking VC money, and Netscape is now a social news site. Taken out of context, you would think that we've entered a web twilight zone. But with the way everything has changed and...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc.; Blog posts 2006-07-14

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