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on March 25, 2008

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Search Engines - aw yeah!

1. First Semantic Search Engine? Business search company ZoomInfo announced today the launch of what it’s calling the first-ever semantic search engine. But is it really? Semantic search means different things to different people. They favor all technology that improves search results, but questioned whether any site could claim the title of “first” semantic search engine. ZoomInfo comes up wid that: ZoomInfo vice president of products and marketing Russell Glass enthuses that it’s “the first example of really disruptive value being created with semantic search and semantic technologies.” He said big search companies return results that are too broad to be helpful, and described traditional business information companies as “dinosaurs,” which rely on time-intensive data gathering. The company’s mission is, after all, offering free detailed information about more than 3 million companies, including essential functions, contact information, and lists of major competitors. Basic searches ...

Review: Samsung Bordeaux 40-inch LCD TV

Yo! here comes more on HD compliant excellent LCD television which I laid my hands on:) 17 October 2006 By GERARD CAMPBELL After you've been watching DVDs and playing games on a 40-inch LCD TV for a few weeks, it is a little depressing when you have to go back to your old 29-inch CRT TV. But that's exactly what I've had to do since Samsung called at my house wanting its 40-inch Bordeaux LCD back. I was almost tempted to tell them, "Bordeaux 40-inch? What Bordeaux 40-inch", but I didn't. My living room is now LCD TV-free. It's quite a shock going from 40-inches to a measly 29-inches. I almost have to squint to see what's happening now. The Bordeaux range is Samsung's top-of-the-range LCD TV, and my review model had a smart black finish with a swivel base, which was invaluable at providing the perf...

VMware-Microsoft battle taking shape

That Microsoft has its sights set on the virtualization market dominated today by VMware is nothing new. However, the announcements Microsoft made on Monday show that the company is putting a tremendous amount of resources toward moving from vision to reality, analyst say. Virtualization is a key component that can take the Dynamic Systems Initiative of a few years ago and make it approach reality. Now, Microsoft is far from alone in this vision. I've heard similar talk over the years from Hewlett-Packard, Veritas (now Symantec), IBM and others. But clearly a fire has been lit under Microsoft, which was comparatively late to the virtualization game , despite its 2003 purchase of Connectix . It should be an interesting battle between Microsoft and VMware ;) Aw Yeah! "VMware has a first mover advantage and a head start," Gillett said. "But Microsoft's model-based approach to it is a more appealing ideal." [hmmm....TODO: Gotta read more about tha...

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