Posts by Melody Smith
New Tool Offers Satellite Mashup Capability
Map Software developer and Interior Department contractor, Esri, has launched a commercial tool that will enable programmers and non-techies alike to manipulate Interior’s library of Earth surface images and data captured by satellite over the past four decades.
Read MoreIEEE Seeking Findability
We reported on IEEE’s collaboration with Access Innovations awhile back, but couldn’t help pointing out an interview they did explaining their project that actually began in 2006.
Read MoreOracle Releases New Features
Oracle has announced several technical and feature enhancements to Oracle Clinical, Oracle Remote Data Capture and Oracle Thesaurus Management System. These upgrades will help clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) launch and conduct global clinical trials more efficiently and effectively.
Read MoreThat’s What She Said?
Did you ever think a computer could tell a joke? Or even have a sense of humor? Semantic technology continues to progress as two University of Washington researchers put their coding skills to the test. They developed a computer program that can identify whether a seemingly benign sentence might turn risqué if you add on “that’s what she said.”
Read MoreNo Need to Delay Migration to SharePoint 2010 with FileLoader
Axceler has introduced FileLoader for SharePoint 2010. This new product enables files originally stored in Windows file share to be moved into SharePoint 2010.
Read MoreMicroPact Releases entellidoc
MicroPact has released their new document management system, entellidoc. Currently available to MicroPact customers, entillidoc allows unstructured data to be managed alongside structured data.
Read MoreTwo Powerful Resources Join Together
Combining massive resources, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com have joined forces to help people research the lives of Holocaust victims and survivors. The millions of records from WWII victims will be combined into a specially designed software program by Ancestry, dubbed the World Memory Project.
Read MoreThe Standards of Watson
By now, IBM’s Jeopardy! champion Watson is old news. But the computer technology triumph, capable of understanding human language and broad knowledge topics, may have more to teach us.
Read MoreBaby Name Database Launched
A new baby name portal has been launched using a flexible and user-friendly search interface. Babynology provides additional details including background, meaning and usage patterns.
Read MoreBizSphere Joins IBM Global Entrepreneur Initiative
BizSphere is now the latest member of the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative. This initiative was created to help the ‘next generation of entrepreneurs’ who develop software based innovations to capture emerging business opportunities.
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