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Smartphones Just Became a Little Smarter

DCL Editorial — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:45:23 +0000

As previously reported in Michael Gross’ conference buzz, the new HTML5 has arrived and is about to impact your life more than you think.

The 2010 Digital Forest: Any Data, Any Time, Any Place

DCL Editorial — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:01:21 +0000

As 2010 fades away, let’s take a short look at the technology products and services that will continue to impact our business and personal activities. With marketing, both professional and viral, in full work mode, it is likely that you already heard about most of these 2010 developments.

Peeling Back the Semantic Web Onion – An Interview with Intellidimension’s Chris Pooley & Geoff Chappell

DCL Editorial — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:00:14 +0000

Chris Pooley, CEO and co-founder of Intellidimension, understands how the web and the Semantic Web work today. In a recent interview with Richard Oppenheim of Unlimited Priorities, Pooley divulged his knowledge of these "semantics".

A Web by Any Other Name: Why We Need to Know About the Semantic Web

DCL Editorial — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:02:52 +0000

Richard Oppenheim, CPA, and Unlimited Priorities team member, discusses the significance of the emergent semantic web and why it may arrive sooner than we think.

Web Search Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smarter

DCL Editorial — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:56:15 +0000

Google's recently-announced acquisition of Metaweb, a company that Google describes rather vaguely as maintaining "an open database of things in the world," promises to realize the type of free, far-reaching human-language semantic web search that has up till now has been more speculative fantasy than reality.

Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe

DCL Editorial — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:46:11 +0000

Indiana University Libraries have produced a beautiful visualization of metadata standards, comprising what they term "the metadata universe."

Interview with Deep Web Technologies’ Abe Lederman

DCL Editorial — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:46:55 +0000

Abe Lederman, President and CEO of Deep Web Technologies, discusses federated search, the deep web, and the future of information retrieval. (Interview by Barbara Quint, Editor-in-Chief of Searcher magazine and Unlimited Priorities team member.)

Can Digital Content Save Libraries from Extinction?

DCL Editorial — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:47:21 +0000

Library budgets have taken a beating as a result of recession-driven cutbacks. Many have predicted that libraries will soon face extinction as the relevance of printed material declines. After all, who wants to journey to the library when you can just read on your phone? But at the same time, digital content is cheaper to manage and distribute, and doesn't require anywhere near the overhead that a traditional "paper library" does. Could the emerging "digital age" actually offer a perfect opportunity for libraries to find their new niche?

Barbara Quint on Federated Search: Good Ideas Never Die, They Just Change Their Names

DCL Editorial — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:03:40 +0000

"I don't want to search! I want to find!!" "Just give me the answer, but make sure it's right and that I'm not missing anything." In a world of end-user searchers, that's what everyone wants, a goal that can explain baldness among information industry professionals and search software engineers. Tearing your hair out isn't good for the scalp.

Google, Under the Hood

DCL Editorial — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Its name may have been adopted into the popular lexicon as a synonym for "search," but with wolves like Bing and Yahoo at the door, even Google has to stay on its toes... more »