IBM Sends UIMA To Apache, OASIS
Two major open source contributions from IBM for its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) have placed it with the Apache Software Foundation as an incubator project, and out to the OASIS specification development group to create a true standard around the UIMA framework.
Al Jazeera Launches English Service
Arab TV network Al Jazeera launched an English-language service yesterday that, inevitably, attracted criticisms in the US and elsewhere where some see the station purely as a mouthpiece for Osama Bin Laden.
“Killer” MySpace Pages
The latest complaint to social-networking site MySpace comes from city officials in Houston, Texas, who claim that MySpace pages are being used to glorify killers.
Cingular To Bank On Mobile Phone Service
Soon Cingular Wireless will introduce mobile phone banking to its customers. The features will include funds transfers, paying bills and other online banking transactions.
The mobile banking launch is expected to take place in early 2007.
Jason Calacanis Departs AOL
The head of Weblogs, Inc, who sold his blog network to AOL for a reported $25 million price tag has followed his mentor, ex-CEO Jonathan Miller, out of the company.
Working with Weeks in C# (Not That Obvious)
For some reason, Microsoft didn’t add a Week property to the DateTime class. I never could figure out why.
Your Organization’s Social Media Score
John Bell, founder of our 360 Digital Influence group here at Ogilvy has a great post on his blog about helping organizations understand how to approach social media as part of their overall marketing communications efforts.
The Search Engines Agree on an XML Sitemap Standard
In great news, Google, Yahoo and MSN have agreed upon a XML sitemap standard.
Get Buzz, Earn Cash: ReviewMe
Just signed up for ReviewMe a new site for which Advertisers can get their Web site’s products or services reviewed by related Web sites/Blogs thus benefiting from valuable exposure, feedback, and viral buzz.
Cisco CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Uplinkfast
You remember from your CCNA studies that when a port goes through the transition from blocking to forwarding, youre looking at a 50-second delay before that port can actually begin forwarding frames.