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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
I am a fan of social community sites and I think that the social networking aspect of the Web 2.0 trend is at the forefront of innovation right now. I love the feel of a community when it has a solid platform, a strong current of interaction and a lot ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Microsoft Gets Serious About Data Optimization
I am impressed with the recent move Microsoft has made into the database vertical with the purchase of an Israeli company, Zoomix, which will be moving their offices into the Microsoft Israel R&D Center. The additional applications and intellectual property will become part of the ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
For months now I have been talking about virtual worlds like Second Life and Entropia Universe, and I always end the discussion by mentioning that it is only a matter of time until Google gets into the act. Last week they announced their first foray into the virtual space with Lively. Although I was ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Apple Goes Mobile
With the recent announcement by Apple that the .Mac platform is morphing into the new MobileMe system, I think I am going to make a conscious choice to work at home from now on. MobileMe is a push technology that offers your email, calendar, contacts and files all ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Microsoft Grabs Powerset
Microsoft is bolstering its search strategy by buying Powerset today. If you are not familiar with Powerset, you will be. Powerset searches the Wikipedia site, nothing amazing there, but they do it in a slightly different way.
When you use a search engine on the Internet today, you are ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
One thing that easy to forget is that we actually have the next version of the Internet in operation at the moment. It is called the Internet2, and is a very clear picture as to where the commodity Internet we all use will go. If you are not aware of the ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
One of the hardest things for me to do as a technology guy is to be patient when a new product comes out. When the iPhone was announced, I was torn between my greed to have the latest, and my grown up awareness that the price would drop and the ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Back on April 11th I wrote about the future of WiMAX and how I see it changing the way we view the Internet. Since then we have seen some significant movement in the WiMAX space. Sprint's XOHM and Clearwire combined their networks to create a mobile broadband company with an ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Let's continue the discussion on where the Internet is headed... An important paradigm to keep in mind is the concept of the Three Screens. These being the television, the computer and the handheld. In the earliest thinking about these devices, we have known that the Internet would ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Twitter is what some might consider an anomaly, even on the Internet which began its' own life as an anomaly. Twitter doesn't produce what most would think of as consumable information, Twitter doesn't provide a community calendar, an email platform or a way to gain an upper hand on ...
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