relevance

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

If teens are confused by Twitter, what's the right SocMed tool in school?

It isn't that kids are confused by the technology; hand the average millennial just about any Web 2.0 application and they'll be networking very quickly. Just because they understand the tech, though, doesn't mean they understand the relevance. Without relevance, should we bother using it in the classroom?...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Relevance, Tool, Web 2.0, Productivity, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Pillole.org_newsregion 1.3 (Windows)

Pillole.org_newsregion is a reader that provides Italian news of regional relevance related to health and medicine, targeted to professional caregivers and physicians.

Tags: Medicine, Physician, Relevance, Luca Puccetti, Pillole.org_newsregion, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2007-04-27

Searching Documents Based on Relevance and Type

This paper extends previous work on document retrieval and document type classification, addressing the problem of 'Typed search'. Specifically, given a query and a designated document type, the search system retrieves and ranks documents not only based on the relevance to the query, but also based on the likelihood of...

Tags: Relevance, Type Model

White papers 2007-02-09

In Search of Customer Relevance: Customer Data Analytics Ignites a Customer Insight Revolution

Now more than ever, businesses are turning to strategic analysis of customer data to gain more actionable insight into what is motivating and driving how customers interact. When properly done, customer data analytics will enable organizations to create relevance for their customers by learning how they think; what they buy;...

Tags: Analytics, Relevance, eLoyalty, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2006-03-22

Additional Resources

Techmeme's 6 editors signals potential trouble with Google PageRank

It's the money"I think it is a function of not having enough time to create the links; and also it isn?t as fashionable as it once was"Wrong.. It's all about money. Links to other sites take people away from your site and your advertising.Maybe it is google to blame?Before...

Tags: INTERNET, TechMeme, Google Inc., Google PageRank

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Chatter: Amplified

Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-19

iMetaSearch 4.0 (Windows)

iMetaSearch is a free next-generation meta search tool that saves time and finds better results. It gathers results from the web and then analyzes them with a cutting edge method called Latent Semantic Analysis. It saves time by putting related search results together into conceptual groups. It finds better results...

Tags: Result, Search Tool, Microsoft Windows, Puffinware, iMetaSearch, Search, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Oz Weather for iPhone 1.7.1 (Mobile)

Oz Weather for iPhone application provides frequently updated weather forecasts, observations and radar loops from official Australian Bureau of Meteorology sources. The weather information it provides is of much higher quality, immediacy and relevance than what is provided by US weather suppliers via the built-in iPhone weather application. It also...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Radar, Ajnaware, Aerospace & Defense, Smart Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes

Firefox has market share!Firefox has conquered IE, so much for the Windows mentality of trying to squash Firefoxit is FREE and people use it because IE is welded into the Operating System.Point being, IE = Explorer.exe virus/worm magnet.RE: Firefox, Chrome get quick fixesFirst kid on my block to update last...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT

Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...

Tags: Lean IT, IT IS

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

FoxTrot Professional Search 2.5.1 (Mac)

FoxTrot Professional Search is a powerful find-by-content solution that offers precision tools for finding the proverbial "needle in a haystack" directly within PDF, HTML, word processing, e-mail and rich-media content and metadata. The product has been especially well received in legal law firm and courts, media (newsrooms researchers, ad agencies...

Tags: Client-server, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Server, CTM Development, FoxTrot Professional Search, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Servers, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

FoxTrot Personal Search 2.5.1 (Mac)

Expanding the possibilities of Apple's Spotlight, FoxTrot Personal Search is a powerful find-by-content tool that delivers dynamic categorization, context-sensitive display of found items, flexible relevance-ranking and five different approaches to searches (exact words, wildcards, literal, single term and complex patterns). It supports over 300 file types, including PDF, Word, HTML,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Categorization, CTM Development, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-30

HistoryHound 1.9.7 (Mac)

Have you ever tried to find something in your browser history or bookmarks, but couldn't quite remember when or where you saw it, or which browser you were using at the time? Or perhaps you've got your bookmarks meticulously organized, but it takes forever to mouse through the menus to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Browser, St. Clair Software, Web Browsers, RSS, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Google Adds Social Search

A new experiment in Google Labs informs your search results with input from your social circle. Your friends and contacts are a key part of your life online. Most people on the web today make social connections and publish web content in many different ways, including blogs, status updates...

Tags: Google Inc., Social Search, New York, Search Result, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-26

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

A1 Keyword Research 2.0.1 (Windows)

Optimize Web site content and ad campaigns. Find related keywords and phrases. Build keyword lists that cover all variations, for example: combine and tumble keyword lists. Cover all word permutations, spelling errors, and missing spaces. View past ranking positions on graphs and charts. Concurrently check multiple websites for multiple phrases...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Keyword, Micro-Sys, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Crossword Dictionary for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Crossword Dictionary for iPhone is a versatile dictionary and thesaurus that is designed to help you solve crossword puzzles. Its powerful search engine lets you browse words that fit the spot you want to fill in your grid and sort them by relevance. It is also a complete and very...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Dictionary, JPMartineau, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Mono-mania: It's risky business

M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...

Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-15