TagCloud.com - Create your own TagCloud
Folksonomy tool that generates a TagCloud from RSS feeds.
Google Base
Google launches Google Base !
” … Rather than impose specific schemas and structures on the world, Google Base suggests attributes and item types based on popularity, which you can use to define and attach your own labels and attributes to each data item. Then searchers can find information more quickly and effectively by using these labels and attributes to refine their queries on the experimental version of Google Base search.” - googleblog.blogspot.com
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NBC Nightly News Netcast
“… NBC Nightly News is the first and only network newscast to be offered free on the Internet in its entirety.” - msnbc.msn.com
Create your own “Music Genome” with pandora.com
Create your own personal “Music Genome” - pandora.com
Pandora.com uses musical attributes or “genes” to tailor a
users musical preferences into their own custom music stations.
Microsoft & Ajax
Microsoft announced today a Ajax based customizable service called live.com
Sun announces on demand network services for documents
” … Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq:SUNW) announced its intent to deliver on demand network services to convert documents from native proprietary formats such as Microsoft Office into the Open Document Format (ODF), the industry standard file format. In addition, Sun plans to deliver a service to convert text files to podcasts or audio files for playback at a later date. These introductions add more services to the growing catalog of grid services available via Sun’s Grid Utility, and amplify Sun’s commitment to deliver on its 24 year vision of “The Network Is The Computer”. ” - Sun.com