ReadWriteWeb: January 2009 Archives

SEAmail: Applying Semantic Technology to Email

Written by Sarah Perez / January 29, 2009 6:00 AM / 7 Comments

A prototype email system being developed at Stanford University is designed to bring the power of semantic technology to our inbox. Called SEAmail, short for "semantic email addressing," the system Continue reading »

Collaborative Whiteboard Turns iPhones into Linked Sketchpads

Written by Rick Turoczy / January 29, 2009 2:33 AM / 4 Comments

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If two minds are better than one, then two minds with two iPhones must be even better. But how can you get those two great minds working together and thinking Continue reading »

Synop.it: A Different Take on Cataloguing the Web

Written by Rick Turoczy / January 29, 2009 12:05 AM / 4 Comments

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Tagging. It has fundamentally changed the way we find and manage content on the Web. Take a page, an image, or a chunk of media, surround it with keywords, and Continue reading »

5 Problems of Recommender Systems

Written by Richard MacManus / January 28, 2009 7:11 PM / 19 Comments

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Earlier this week we posted a Guide to Recommender Systems, as part of our series on recommendation technologies. In this post we look at some of the challenges in building Continue reading »

Blogging Days May Be Waning at AOL's Weblogs, Inc.

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 28, 2009 2:42 PM / 16 Comments

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A source close to AOL has informed ReadWriteWeb that it will be shutting down and relaunching the Weblogs Inc. "Lifestyle Blogs" as online magazines. These blogs make up roughly 1/4 Continue reading »

Expert System Brings Semantic Smarts to Advertising

Written by Richard MacManus / January 28, 2009 1:59 PM / 6 Comments

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Expert System is a perhaps little known "semantic intelligence" company; but it has 15 years of experience in the tech industry, 115+ employees and is bringing in a very solid Continue reading »

Google Announces Measurement Lab: New Initiative to Expose Traffic Shaping and Throttling by ISPs

Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 28, 2009 12:32 PM / 2 Comments

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A number of ISPs have lately started to clamp down on peer-to-peer networks and are actively restricting heavy usage of 'unlimited' connections. For users, however, there is very little transparency Continue reading »

4 Realistic Things You Should Know on International Data Privacy Day

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 28, 2009 11:25 AM / 5 Comments

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Today is being observed as the second annual International Data Privacy Day by the United States government, Canada, 27 European countries and a number of big corporations, including Yahoo! and Continue reading »

RssPlayer: A Better Podcast Client for Your iPhone

Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 28, 2009 9:05 AM / 2 Comments

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Managing your podcast subscriptions on the iPhone and iPod touch while on the go and without having access to your computer is not exactly an enjoyable experience. Last year, Apple Continue reading »

PayPal Joins OpenID Foundation Board as Sustaining Member

Written by Rick Turoczy / January 28, 2009 8:00 AM / 8 Comments

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This morning, the OpenID Foundation announced that PayPal has joined the OpenID Foundation Board, becoming the first financial institution to join the Foundation as a sustaining member. Andrew Nash, Sr. Continue reading »

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