Semantic
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Why are the UK & US so far ahead with linked data and the semantic web compared to Germany?
Currybet Dot Net &bull Yesterday
I've just come back from a really enjoyable 1st Datajournalism meetup in Berlin, which will no doubt generate a spew of blog posts here and on guardian.co.uk over the next couple of weeks. I was giving a talk entitled 'Datajournalism at guardian.co.uk', which I intend to publish in some format somewhere at some point in the not too… Full Story »
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Information Architecture: How To Help Users Find Relevant Content - Part 2
Jatin Mahindra &bull Sep 1, 2010Caninformation architecture principles be easily put to good use when trying to help your readers find relevant content on your site? When your web site is so full of content that a simple search box won't do the trick anymore, what can you do to structure and make all of your content more easily accessible? By employing soundinformation architecture principles you can develop a content organization and navigation strategy that allows your readers to easily locate what they are looking for while having a rich and enjoyable user-experience. For example visual site maps and visually grouped search results are much… Full Story »
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Google Launches Blog Finder for Any Topic
Read Write Web &bull Sep 1, 2010
Google has quietly launched a new feature: search for blogs on any topic. The company announced the new type of search in a weekly round-up of search updates last week, and respected SEO blogger Bill Slawski argues that the launch… Full Story »
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Make Your Outlook Inbox Smarter with Meshin [INVITES]
Mashable &bull Aug 30, 2010
This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details… Full Story »
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When the ancients were wise | Gene Expression
Discover Magazine Computers &bull Aug 30, 2010
I picked up The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization on the run, as I was about go traveling somewhere. I didn't look at the contents or even the jacket summary very closely. My interest specifically was to get to know a little more about the Abbassid House of Wisdom, which like the Academy of Athens was more defined by a bustle of intellectual activity rather than a physical space. In particular I wanted to know more about Thbit ibn Qurra, arguably the most renowned translator of ancient works for the House of Wisdom, and the last… Full Story »
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Zounds! Print Oxford English Dictionary to End?
CBS News &bull Aug 29, 2010
U.S. The Oxford English Dictionary has been in print for over a century, but in future it may only be available online. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said that burgeoning demand for the dictionary's online version has far outpaced demand for the printed versions. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday that burgeoning demand for the dictionary's online version… Full Story »
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Weird Science votes all the useful people off the island
Ars Technica &bull Aug 29, 2010
You've been extremely helpful, so bugger off: What started out as a routine study of group behavior ended up turning a bit surreal. According to the authors of a new paper, they started out trying to find out how long a group would tolerate members that abused the common good. In the process, they found that members… Full Story »
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SpringerLink Adds Semantic Linking to eBooks
Read Write Web &bull Aug 25, 2010
SpringerLink is a platform for eBooks, journals and reference works totalling over 4.8 million documents. The service has just launched a re-design, with new semantic linking features that enable users to access related content across eBooks and journals. The semantic… Full Story »
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Apture for Your Browser: Like Augmented Reality for Web Pages
Read Write Web &bull Aug 24, 2010
Apture, the semantic contextual search service that you can see in action by highlighting any word or phrase here on ReadWriteWeb, today launched browser extensions that will allow you to dive deep into any topic you discover on almost any… Full Story »
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10 Underused Html Elements, and how you should be using them!
Dzone &bull Aug 24, 2010
All the hype recently has been about Html5, and the new elements it brings to the table for us to use. However, the way I see it, we currently don't even utilise all that the current version of html has… Full Story »
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TextDigger: Federated Media buys Intel-backed San Jose search startup
Silicon Valley &bull Aug 23, 2010TextDigger, a San Jose semantic search startup, has been acquired by Federated Media Publishing, a San Francisco company that sells ads for websites such as VentureBeat, BoingBoing and Apple Insider. TextDigger's technology helps website publishers pull in readers by automatically… Full Story »
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Google Summer of Code Gives Students Hands-On Experience With Open Source Projects
Read Write Web &bull Aug 23, 2010
The back-to-school season marks the end of a number of summer camps and summer programs, including the close of Google's Summer of Code which officially wraps up today. Now in its sixth year, Google Summer of Code gives students the… Full Story »
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Reinventing E-mail, One Message At a Time
New York Times Web 2.0 &bull Aug 23, 2010
My e-mail inbox is a dejected, endless morass. It's a desolate wasteland of unanswered message that continue to appear like a never ending game of Tetris. I can confidently say I hate my inbox and I know I'm not alone.… Full Story »
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The Web is Undead
Read Write Web &bull Aug 18, 2010
Over-reaction is endemic to discussions of the Web. Over-enthusiastic proponents - Millennialists - seem to be convinced that every burp in online tech, every new tool, every momentary trend, every relocation of a dialog box on a popular site, hails… Full Story »
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Yahoo Results Labeled as "Powered by Bing"
Marketing Pilgrim &bull Aug 18, 2010
With all of the talk about the Yahoo to bing transition there is now more indication (albeit less than overpowering) that the transition is in full force. I wonder if the font size of the "Powered by Bing" notification was… Full Story »
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WordPress Adds Link & Photo Recommendations from Zemanta, I Wish I Liked Using It
Read Write Web &bull Aug 18, 2010
Leading blog software provider WordPress.com will now offer multi-media and article link recommendations based on the words a user types into their blog composition window, in real time. The company announced today a new partnership with the service Zemanta. Zemanta… Full Story »
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Open Text Launches Semantic Navigation
Indian Web 2 &bull Aug 17, 2010
Open Text Launches Semantic Navigation PR Newswire - August 17, 2010 New Offering Makes It Easy for Organizations to Take Advantage of Innovative Tools to Easily Improve Search Experience on Websites SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Open Text… Full Story »
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Yahoo Kills SearchMonkey, Rolls Back BOSS, Says YQL Will Live
Read Write Web &bull Aug 17, 2010
One year ago, Yahoo announced that it had signed a deal to replace its own search engine with Microsoft's Bing - but the big question for us was what that meant for all the incredible search-related programming infrastructure Yahoo makes… Full Story »
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Yahoo starts Bing transition, kills Search Monkey
Cnet News &bull Aug 17, 2010
Starting this week, searchers on Yahoo will start to see a little "Powered by Bing" message at the bottom of the results page, as the two companies start the public phase of their huge search deal completed last year. Yahoo… Full Story »
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Swingly Answer Engine Designed for Factual Information
D'Technology Weblog &bull Aug 17, 2010
Swingly is a Web-scale answer engine designed to find exact answers to factual questions. Search isn't about sending users to the right web page, it's about getting them the information they want as soon as possible - sometimes it's a… Full Story »
