Clint Boulton

Almost 10 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee began describing the Semantic Web as a Web that can describe things in a way that computers can understand, enabling the machines to make stronger connections, and ultimately letting people share documents and other types of information in different ways. What he described then was not much different from […]

Count Live Documents among the new challengers to Microsoft Office and Google Apps. Live Documents merges the mature functionality of Microsoft Office word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software with the collaborative tools of Google Apps into a platform that allows users to access their documents on either the desktop or the browser, according to officials […]

A week wouldn’t be complete in high tech without rumors that Google is going to buy some company or another as part of its quest for Internet data and service domination. So, have you heard the one about Google buying Skype? Skype, owned by eBay, is essentially the Google of free PC-to-PC calling services. The […]

Web developers can now download Firefox 3 Beta 1 to test more than 30 new features in the popular open-source browser released from Mozilla Nov. 19. With Internet browsers, security, ease of use and performance typically top users wish lists. To wit, Firefox 3 employs a button in the location bar that lets users see […]

Were either Google or Yahoo to roll its vast network of Web mail users into a social network, allowing users to display personal profiles and connect with others, either could challenge Facebook and MySpace nearly overnight. Either or both would instantly have a user base more significant than the social networking giants have, and would […]

Index Engines, which helps business users index and retrieve e-mail and files, is adding automated tape sorting and object extraction utilities to its Tape Engine eDiscovery Edition appliance. The new software, launched Nov. 20, indexes unstructured data on offline tapes without ever restoring it. This practice quashes the process of restoring tapes to find files, […]

AOL Nov. 19 began showing video ticker ads for video content shown over the Internet, the latest alternative to pre-roll online ads that put off impatient consumers. Developed with the help of the TickerBoy technology from PointRoll, AOLs video ticker ad is a graphics banner ad integrated within a streaming video. AOLs video ticker ad […]

AOL began showing video ticker ads for video content shown over the Internet on Nov. 19, the latest alternative to pre-roll online ads that put off impatient consumers. Developed with the help of the TickerBoy technology from PointRoll, AOLs video ticker ad is a graphic banner ad integrated within a streaming video. AOLs video ticker […]

Paglo, a startup with designs on carving its own niche in the enterprise search market, is testing a search engine designed to help IT personnel keep abreast of their companies computer, network and security systems. The platform, launching Nov. 19, lets users find out such details as whether their machines have the latest security patches […]

AT&T agreed, Nov. 19, to acquire pay-per-call search provider Ingenio for an undisclosed sum, a move that bolsters its directory service and local search advertising offerings. Ingenio offers Pay Per Call, a pay-for-performance advertising service that lets advertisers pay based on phone calls to their businesses rather than on Web site clicks. Like sponsored links […]

Google has added another weapon to its arsenal to help programmers move data from the productivity applications of Microsoft and others. Launched Nov. 15, the Google Apps Email Migration API is an application programming interface that lets software developers create tools that can move e-mail from any data source to Google Apps Premier, Education or […]

Google is testing its own wireless network to prepare for the Federal Communication Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction in January, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Using a test license from the FCC, the search company is running mobile phones with its Android software on the network. The idea […]