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Interview: Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee Unplugged: Semantic Web better thanWeb inventor Tim Berners-Lee Unplugged: Semantic Web better than APIs for data accessZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind interviews Sir Tim Berner-Lee, the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium at the MITX Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange Technology Awards held at the...

Tags: Semantic Web, inventor, Web Inventor, Tim Berners-Lee

Videos 2007-06-07

Web inventor says brainchild ready for big leap

Web inventor says brainchild ready for big leapInternet InventorDarn, I thought this was going to be about Al Gore (who also invented the Al-gor-ithm - or so I hear)nothing is for freenothing is for free that wont be taken advantage of.Why, because people are selfish and greedy, and net neutrality...

Tags: Channel management, Al Gore, Web Inventor, nothing, Web

Discussion threads 2006-05-19

Additional Resources

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Missing: Tim Berners-Lee?The Mouse, and the GUI ...... without the invention of the mouse or the GUI/WYSIWYG there would not be as many users as there are today, and I would hazard a guess that it would be restricted to business applications like accounting, and Data Analysis.LudoRE: The 10...

Tags: Mice, Strategy, Operating systems, GUI, PARC User Interface, mouse, Microsoft Corp., IT History, Xerox PARC, operating system, IBM Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Mailspect taming unstructured Email data

Paul Sterne, CMO of Mailspect, collared me yesterday and brought me up to speed on what he's doing now.  Paul and I worked together at Open-Xchange.  His company is doing something that is new to me. It might be something new to you as well. Here's what Mailspect has...

Tags: MPP Web Services Mailspect, ESM, E-mail, Online Communications, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Will Wikipedia ever be legitimate?

Probably not.As long as any twit can put their "two cents" in on a subject...it will never be legit.It's legitimate in that it's a good place to startWikipedia works best when being used for "non-legitimate" uses, meaning someone wants to find out something in general but don't want to research...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?Why call it the NEWTON?X-Tablet or iTablet perhaps.NEWTON!!Been and gone in the 1990'sKeep GuessingI'll bet you're way off.NEWTON?Are you suggesting this device will fail hard like the Newton?My feeling is this will be MBA hardware with a touch screen on top. Which wouldn't be...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Inkwell, tablet, Apple Inc., PC, Christmas, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Autodesk coughs up funds for clean-tech projects

Design software company Autodesk is at is again. The company has set up a software grant fund in which it will provide bundles of its design applications, worth up to $150,000 a pop, to companies that are working on early-stage, clean technology projects. Just as it did in the past,...

Tags: Autodesk Inc., Clean Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

DwgGrid for AutoCAD 2.0.4.40 (Windows)

DwgGrid, DwgGrid - CAD Thumbnail Viewer and Printer. Print and save AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, SolidWorks, uStation thumbnail. DwgGrid is a Windows Explorer like browser for CAD type files. DwgGrid prints the drawing thumbnail image, file listings and the directory tree structure. DwgGrid also creates contact sheets and Web pages of...

Tags: SolidWorks Corp., AutoCAD, Microsoft Windows, Engineered Design Solutions, DwgGrid, CAD, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Advances in TREKnology

Advances in TREKnologyI can think of three . . .right off the top of my head:1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, Corporate communications, Geordi, computer, Kirk

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Is Twitter the new business card?

Is Twitter the new business card?Twitter is the Rich Man's business cardHi Jennifer,I think that Twitter has a very high potential of becoming a business card, but a lot of people are web-savvy, but are not rich enough to afford a web-enabled mobile device yet. Connecting asynchronously should also be...

Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, Twitter, business card, new business card

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Is Wolfram Alpha overhyped?

Is Wolfram Alpha overhyped?Heads up for another major innovationAnswer-based analytical engine? The name itself sounds like something revolutionary is going to come in the way of the web. Wolfram, as I already know him from the numerous homeworks I solved using his website, is a true math genius. His website...

Tags: Wolfram Alpha

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Tim Berners-Lee on the Next Web

Tim Berners-Lee on the Next WebTime to ponderI can see that advertising companies would be very interested in this idea ...... but also that an individual might be able to find out loads of things e.g. from people with similar interests.Sounds like we need to agree on privacy and net...

Tags: INTERNET, Tim Berners-Lee, Next Web

Discussion threads 2009-04-12

Tim Berners-Lee on the Next Web

A great talk by the inventor of the worldwide web Tim Berners-Lee from this year's TED conference, well worth spending 18 minutes of your life with. It's also worth reflecting on how new the internet is: in January 1992 there were only 50...

Tags: Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Data, Channel Management, Web Servers, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-11

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"

Twittering from the jury he was serving on as it was awarding a massive settlement against a building materials company by Jonathon Powell of Fayetteville Arkansas has resulted in defense motions for a mistrial. Powell "was predisposed toward giving a verdict that would impress his audience." by...

Tags: Verdict, Twitter, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Former Microsoft employee accused of spying

Microsoft is suing a former employee for applying for his job under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data related to patent litigation he is now waging, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Miki Mullor was hired by Microsoft in November...

Tags: Patent, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Google's great Christmas mystery

Google's great Christmas mysteryRE: Google's great Christmas mysteryCold fusion? One of them looks vaguely like Einstein.Doll Factory?Looks like grand-pa here is working his magic to produce gifts for the kid. I wonder if grand-pa is Google. LOL!RE: Google's great Christmas mysteryby looking at gears, it seems that Google is...

Tags: Geppetto, Google Inc., Christmas, private information

Discussion threads 2008-12-25

Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs

Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsIf I were a Sun employee I'd be looking for another job.There seems to be a never ending stream of layoffs at Sun. Very demoralizing.RE: Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsi think it's hard to compete for Sun in the new IT market place. The...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Linux, Operational accounting, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Now Let, Careful Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., job

Discussion threads 2008-11-14