Daily Links - 2007/03/15

• Ballmer talks up CRM Live - Microsoft demonstrated Dynamics Live CRM, its planned hosted customer relationship management software, during the closing Wednesday keynote given by CEO Steve Ballmer at its Convergence show in San Diego.
  >>>More on infoworld.com
• Socializing online luring an older crowd: study - Teenagers are being joined by more people aged in their 20s and 30s on social networking Web sites as the trend of socializing online continues to expand, according to a survey on Wednesday.
  >>>More on news.yahoo.com
• Skype to connect buyers with sellers - Skype’s business model is taking a distinct eBay shape.
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• Enterprise 2.0 Meets the Press - Information Week recently released a report on Enterprise 2.0, Most Business Tech Pros Wary About Web 2.0 Tools In Business. While the title seems cautionary at least it is press coverage and they used the terms Enterprise 2.0 in the subtitle, ‘Enterprise 2.0′ must overcome concerns about security and return to get a foothold in business, InformationWeek Research Finds.”
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• Office 2.0 Database Redux - The Office 2.0 Database created almost a year ago now contains over 450 applications, which have been submitted by more than 150 contributors. It started as a single page separate from the core IT|Redux blog, then evolved into a collection of pages, but did not offer the ability for readers to write reviews. This is now fixed, with the release of a brand new Office 2.0 Database, with its own domain name.
  >>>More on enterpriseirregulars.com

In-the-Brain of Paul Fremantle: SOA with Apache Axis2 and Web Services

SOA expert, Paul Fremantle, chair of the Oasis WS and committer to Apache presented a free Skills Matter In-the-Brain Session on SOA with … all » Apache Axis2 and Web Services.

Daily Links - 2007/03/14

• Bruce Sterling gives blogs 10 years to live - Science fiction writer and professional pundit Bruce Sterling has cracked bloggers with the extinction stick, saying the plebs will crawl back into their ooze by 2017.
  >>>More on theregister.co.uk
• Startup Organizes Multimedia Content - A Silicon Valley startup hoping to become “the Google of audio and video” introduced software this week that trolls the Internet for podcasts, music and videos, then sorts the clips into categories such as “fashionista,” “hip hop” and “gossip snoop.”
  >>>More on washingtonpost.com
• Is Google creating a Gphone? - The mobile industry likes nothing more than a good piece of gossip. One particularly juicy nugget of whisper that has refused to die is the Google phone, a piece of mobile kit the search giant is supposed to be working on.
  >>>More on hardware.silicon.com

HTML forms Next Generation

Web-based replacements for spreadsheets and simple forms

By Dave Raggett, W3C Fellow and Principal Researcher at Volantis Systems.

Daily Links - 2007/03/12

• Google maps World Wildlife Fund efforts - Google on Monday added details of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) environmental projects to its popular global online mapping service.
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• Xactly Planning For More Intelligent SaaS - Business intelligence relies on clean data and a single version of the truth. On-demand sales compensation management software vendor Xactly believes that kind of valuable information can be extrapolated from sales data.
  >>>More on internetnews.com
• Content Analysis Heuristics - Most website designers are aware that an important part of understanding the background of any website redesign project is performing a content inventory as well as a content analysis.
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• Enterprise 2.0 Success Story within a US Hospital - Here is an enterprise 2.0 success story from Ken Cohn’s new book, Collaborate for Success! Breakthrough Strategies for Engaging Physicians, Nurses, and Hospital Executives. This book is written to enable physicians and other healthcare providers to reframe assumptions and collaborate better to achieve outcomes not possible when operating in silos.
  >>>More on fastforwardblog.com
• The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web 2.0: Top 25 Apps to Grow your Business
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Daily Links - 2007/03/11

• Online finds help save time before travel - Update your bookmarks here is a sampling of Web sites designed to provide travelers with advice or inspiration.
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• SXSW: Web 2.0, Semantic Web & Scientific Publishing
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Daily Links - 2007/03/08

• Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo - The on-line collaboration responsible for Wikipedia plans to build a search engine to rival those of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. , the founder of the popular Internet encyclopaedia said on Thursday.
  >>>More on news.yahoo.com
• Microsoft moves to replace JPEG with HD Photo - Microsoft claims its lightweight algorithm creates higher-quality images that are half the size of JPEG.
  >>>more on infoworld.com
• Social Media Now: Sony and Viacom Go Social
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Daily Links - 2007/03/07

• Google updates desktop search tool - Google Desktop 5 offers new preview feature and security enhancements to combat phishing.
  >>>More on infoworld.com
• Oracle pays $3.3bn for Hyperion - Last week, Oracle, one of the industry giants, announced that it has agreed to buy Hyperion Solutions Corporation, by no means a small ISV, for $52 per share - thereby valuing the acquisition at approximately $3.3bn.
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• Microsoft Readies Public Beta Test of VoIP Server - Microsoft will release a public beta of new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) server software by the end of March. The software smoothly integrates with legacy phone networks and its Office application suite, the company said.
  >>>More on pcworld.com
• 20 must-have Firefox extensions - These plug-ins give you souped-up functionality, better look and feel, and streamlined development tasks. And some are just plain cool.
  >>>More on computerworld.com

Daily Links - 2007/03/06

• IBM sees green in environmental tech - The computing and consulting giant is building up a business to chase “green dollars,” or money spent by corporations that are looking to conserve natural resources and reduce waste.
  >>>More on news.com
• Microsoft Fights Google Book-Scanning Project - Microsoft Is Taking Aim at Google’s Book-Scanning Project, Saying It Violates Copyrights.
  >>>More on abcnews.go.com
• Fake professor in Wikipedia storm - Internet site Wikipedia has been hit by controversy after the disclosure that a prominent editor had assumed a false identity complete with fake PhD.
  >>>More on news.bbc.co.uk

Prosper: Townhall Meeting

Chris Larsen, John Witchel, Rob Klapper and Bob Kagle close the conference with an informal open mic discussion with attendees.