To fully realize its goals for a network-centric force, the U.S. Defense Department is examining the use of semantic web technology, which permits information to be shared, stored and reused across ...

Vince Fioramonti had an epiphany back in 2001. He realized that valuable investment information was becoming increasingly available on the Web, and that a growing number of vendors were offering ...

Sanjiva Nath, CEO of ALM innovator zAgile, explains why the Semantic Web is finally getting traction in the cloud era -- and the role he hopes his company will play In an interview with the Wall ...

The "semantic Web" is hugely important to tomorrow's business. Do not underestimate its significance: It truly changes everything. Embrace it, or risk extinction. But what is it? And what does it mean ...

Development work on exposing Web-based information to more sophisticated methods of searching and organizing has reached the point that practical applications can be created. But some of the ...

Despite the recession, luggage retailer Ebags.com enjoyed phenomenal 2010 holiday sales — some 33% higher than the previous year. (The online retail sector as a whole reported a 15% gain this past ...

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Scientists at Toshiba's Corporate Research and Development Center in Japan have developed a system that offers shoppers advice on what to buy based on the product barcode and the current weblog buzz ...

This article appears in the March/April 2007 issue of Technology Review. Last year, Eric Miller, an MIT-affiliated computer scientist, stood on a beach in southern France, watching the sun set, ...