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This Week In Emerging Technology – August 22nd

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Published: Aug 22, 2007

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Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of August 20th.

Collective Search Is Next Focus, Ask.com CEO Says – The idea of collective search isn’t a bad one, though not sure if Ask.com will be able to pull it off.

Silicon Nanoparticles Enhance Performance Of Solar Cells – There’s been lots of news recently on new methods to improve the ability of solar power cells, including this new nanoparticle idea. Hopefully some of these will appear sooner rather than later.

Blueprints drawn up for quantum computer RAM – Interesting proposal on how RAM would work in quantum computers.

Microsoft Moves UC Ball Forward – Over at VoiceCon lots of companies once again pushing the idea of Unified Communications.

Jim Rapoza

Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.

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