Start-Up to Create Market For Trade of Virtual Goods - The Wall Street Journal
Excerpt:
"A start-up plans to help game companies get a grip on the booming illicit market for virtual goods, including everything from currencies to magical swords that help players advance in online games.
Live Gamer Inc. is developing an online marketplace where players of Internet games will be able to safely trade in virtual goods, a business that is often plagued by fraud. In the biggest departure from current methods of trading in virtual goods, Live Gamer says it will only allow trading of items with the blessing of game publishers. Live Gamer is working with Sony Corp.'s Sony Online Entertainment division, Funcom GmbH, Ping0 Interactive Ltd. and other online-game operators to integrate its trading system with their titles."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119785521598432879.html
Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Google Blog - Udi Manber - Encouraging people to contribute knowledge
Google Blog - Udi Manber - Encouraging people to contribute knowledge
Excerpt:
"The web contains an enormous amount of information, and Google has helped to make that information more easily accessible by providing pretty good search facilities. But not everything is written nor is everything well organized to make it easily discoverable. There are millions of people who possess useful knowledge that they would love to share, and there are billions of people who can benefit from it. We believe that many do not share that knowledge today simply because it is not easy enough to do that. The challenge posed to us by Larry, Sergey and Eric was to find a way to help people share their knowledge. This is our main goal."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html
Excerpt:
"The web contains an enormous amount of information, and Google has helped to make that information more easily accessible by providing pretty good search facilities. But not everything is written nor is everything well organized to make it easily discoverable. There are millions of people who possess useful knowledge that they would love to share, and there are billions of people who can benefit from it. We believe that many do not share that knowledge today simply because it is not easy enough to do that. The challenge posed to us by Larry, Sergey and Eric was to find a way to help people share their knowledge. This is our main goal."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html
Thursday, December 13, 2007
‘Jackass 2.5′ is first online movie premiere backed by big studio
‘Jackass 2.5′ is first online movie premiere backed by big studio
Excerpt:
"Yup, before and after the movie streams, you’ll be subjected to 15- or 30-second ads. Thanks, Paramount!
Casting aside my cynicism for a second, yes, this is fairly significant."
http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/13/jackass-25-is-first-online-movie-premiere-backed-by-big-studio/
Excerpt:
"Yup, before and after the movie streams, you’ll be subjected to 15- or 30-second ads. Thanks, Paramount!
Casting aside my cynicism for a second, yes, this is fairly significant."
http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/13/jackass-25-is-first-online-movie-premiere-backed-by-big-studio/
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Mahalo Adds The Social Graph To Search
Mahalo Adds The Social Graph To Search
Excerpt:
"Everyone's been talking about how the social graph is the next evolution of search. Search 4.0. The next step forward after Search 3.0's blended and personalized search. Today, Mahalo is taking that next step and adding a social layer to their search results. Jason Calacanis, Mahalo founder, says that the problem of search will be solved by a combination of machines, human curation, and social interaction and with today's launch of Mahalo Social, Mahalo adds the beginning of that elusive social interaction."
http://searchengineland.com/071212-060000.php
Excerpt:
"Everyone's been talking about how the social graph is the next evolution of search. Search 4.0. The next step forward after Search 3.0's blended and personalized search. Today, Mahalo is taking that next step and adding a social layer to their search results. Jason Calacanis, Mahalo founder, says that the problem of search will be solved by a combination of machines, human curation, and social interaction and with today's launch of Mahalo Social, Mahalo adds the beginning of that elusive social interaction."
http://searchengineland.com/071212-060000.php
Monday, December 3, 2007
Software That Organizes Intelligently
Software That Organizes Intelligently - Smart Desktop automatically groups documents and communications by project.
Excerpt:
"The heaps of information piling up virtually on today's computers present a major organizational problem for many people. A soon-to-be-released product called Smart Desktop, from a division of Seattle-based company Pi Corporation, aims to help people sort that information automatically and intelligently."
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19788/?a=f
Excerpt:
"The heaps of information piling up virtually on today's computers present a major organizational problem for many people. A soon-to-be-released product called Smart Desktop, from a division of Seattle-based company Pi Corporation, aims to help people sort that information automatically and intelligently."
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19788/?a=f
Artificial Intelligence Enters Brave New World
Artificial Intelligence Enters Brave New World
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16816185
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16816185
Insightory Wants To Be Wikipedia For Management Knowledge
Insightory Wants To Be Wikipedia For Management Knowledge
Excerpt:
"Woodlands, Texas based startup Insightory is setting its goals high, with the aim to do for management knowledge what Wikipedia has done for general knowledge."
Excerpt:
"Woodlands, Texas based startup Insightory is setting its goals high, with the aim to do for management knowledge what Wikipedia has done for general knowledge."
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