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Yahoo! SearchMonkey Developer Challenge illustrates diversity: Back in May Yahoo! opened up their SearchMonkey platform, and kicked off a competition in which developers could put SearchMonkey through its paces. The whole Yahoo! open platform initiative continues to grow apace and largely unchallenged by Google and Microsoft, with BOSS rolling out earlier this month,...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., StumbleUpon, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-16
The Semantic Web gets real: The Semantic Web gets realSemantic web - More than Linked DataIt is true that semantics web is starting to emerge. However, it is not only about sharable/linked data it is also about expressing meaning that can be machine processable.; Tags: Semantic Web; Discussion threads 2008-07-10
Kingsley Idehen opens Linked Data Planet in New York City: Recent podcast subject Kingsley Idehen opened the Linked Data Planet conference in New York yesterday morning, demonstrating the evolution of thought and practice from the world of big databases toward the Semantic Web; a journey that he and his company are well positioned to describe. Kingsley began...; Tags: Web, Data, Kingsley Idehen, Podcasts, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Powerset brings semantic Wikipedia search to the iPhone: May's Semantic Web Gang spoke with Powerset CTO Barney Pell in the week of their big launch last month. The company has followed up on that work, unveiling an iPhone-friendly version of their enhanced Wikipedia search. If you have an iPhone, take a look....; Tags: Apple iPhone, Wikipedia, Wiki, Semantic Web, Online Communications, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Tim Berners-Lee talks cranberry sauce and Linked Data in New York City: Sir Tim Berners-Lee took to the stage in New York City last night, to deliver the final keynote of the day at JupiterMedia's new semantic web event, Linked Data Planet. The ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel was certainly busier than earlier in the day, as a smattering...; Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, Brand, URI, Data, Tim, RDF, Semantic Web, Branding, XML, Printers, Internet, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-06-18

Calais 2.0 unveiled by Thomson Reuters: In a press release to coincide with this week's Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose, Thomson Reuters subsidiary ClearForest has announced a major upgrade to their OpenCalais web service; Calais 2.0. Calais was originally launched in January of 2008, and there have been two interim releases in...; Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Web, Team, Drupal, Yahoo! Inc., Web Service, Tom Tague, Marmoset, Tom, Upshot, RDF, Semantic Web, Team Management, Channel Management, Web Services, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-19
Tom Ilube ponders 'social verification' with FOAF: Writing today in the latest issue of Nodalities Magazine, Garlik CEO Tom Ilube tackles the increasingly fraught subject of Identity Theft before moving past it to consider notions of 'social verification.' Tom's company, Garlik, offers a product called DataPatrol that helps UK consumers track information about themselves...; Tags: Tom Ilube, QDOS, Social Networking, Semantic Web, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Barney Pell reports on Powerset's first week in discussion with the Semantic Web Gang: Powerset CTO Barney Pell joins regular members of the Semantic Web Gang to share some of Powerset's experiences on the week since the launch of their public beta. Gang members also discuss Yahoo! SearchMonkey and next week's Semantic Technology Conference in this hour-long conversation recorded yesterday. by...; Tags: Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Commercialising the Semantic WebOne specific opportunityGood post Paul. One specific opportunity at SemTech will be my session, where we'll drill into the financial services space to see how technologies are actually being applied within specific sub-sectors and processes (not so much as examples of pushing data, but tools/methods) and...; Tags: Semantic Web; Discussion threads 2008-05-15
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A new take on 'Web 3.0' ?: A new take on 'Web 3.0' ?Was semantic web designed by amateurs?My take is that 'semantic web' is implicit in the journalist's reference to 'professionals' and his phrasing is simply saying that Web 3.0 adds expertise to structure the chaos of Web 2.0. I'm not too keen on the way...; Tags: Channel management, Semantic Web, Web, Web 3.0, Web 2.0; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
TopQuadrant welcomes Jena lead architect as Chief Product Architect: Established North American Semantic Web company TopQuadrant today announced that Jeremy Carroll is joining the company as Chief Product Architect. Whilst at HP Labs, Carroll was lead architect on the open source Jena toolkit that lies behind much of today's commercial and non-commercial work on the Semantic...; Tags: Toolkit, TopQuadrant, Semantic Web, Software Development, Internet, Software/Web Development, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Powerset's search: Does it deliver?: Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on Monday introduced its natural language search for Wikipedia content Techmeme. This effort...; Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Web, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Taking Powerset for a spin: Powerset has released its natural language search. Here's tour. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Larry Dignan, Spin, Tour, Powerset, Semantic Web, Search, Enterprise search; Image galleries 2008-05-12
Peter Mika offers bananas at Yahoo! Research: Yahoo! are certainly being a lot more open than competitors such as Google and Microsoft when it comes to talking about their use of semantic technologies. They've been active for several years in recruiting stalwarts of the Semantic Web community such as Dave Beckett, and there is a long tradition...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition: This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....; Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-28
The Semantic Web goes thin: The Semantic Web goes thinquestionable titleInteresting, useful info, but how does it relate to the Semantic Web?RE: The Semantic Web goes thinAnd what do virtual worlds and XML / RDF have in common?RE: The Semantic Web goes thinand just what do virtual worlds and the Semantic Web have in common?...; Tags: RDF, XML, Semantic Web; Discussion threads 2008-03-31
Why kill Google?: Technology journalists from the mainstream media appear obsessed with locating some magic bullet with which to topple Google from its dominant position in today's Web, and use of violent language seems part and parcel of this obsession. Have Larry and Sergey done something to upset them? Did they all have...; Tags: Google Inc., Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-28
News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...; Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Semantic Web Gang forms, debates Semantic Web 'readiness': With the increasing cacophony from 'semantic' players in the technology space, it can be extremely difficult to work out what's important, to identify the trends, and to make informed decisions about how any of this affects you and your business. As part of our contribution to bringing some clarity to...; Tags: Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-25