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This week I spoke with Barney Pell, CEO of Powerset; and Melek Pulatkonak, COO of hakia. In both (separate) conversations we discussed how the Semantic Web is getting very close.

For a few years now people have been talking about semantic search. Any technology that stands a chance to dethrone Google is of great interest to all of us, particularly

What can the plan be with Microsoft's purchase of hot startup Powerset? The 3-year old company, founded by Dr Barney Pell, recently launched a semantic search experience for Wikipedia. It

We wrote about Microsoft possibly acquiring semantic search engine Powerset just a few days ago when it was still a rumor. Today, both Microsoft and Powerset have confirmed that they

The Semantic Conference was held last week in San Jose. I went along to check it out. In the keynotes, Oracle's Robert Shimp noted that the attendance has never been

Semantic Apps Winners Semantic Apps Winners Ask anyone which search engine they use to find information on the Internet and they will almost certainly reply: "Google." Look a little

- Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iTunes (nice opportunity for server-->device integration here... among the plans: Amazon-branded portable music players for retailers and a subscription service) - MySpace goes mobile

One of the big trends in 2008 has been the emergence of what I call Semantic Apps - a kind of 'Web 2.0 Meets Semantic Web' app typified by startups

Orglex is a new semantic-web powered news, blog and job search engine with a social networking component and industry vertical focus. It's an interesting service that brings together a number

By Dr. Riza C. Berkan, Founder & CEO, hakia.com Editor's Note: This is a guest post by the CEO of Hakia, Dr Riza C. Berkan. I want to stress that