Archive for March 13th, 2008

Berners-Lee: Semantic Web Could Supersede Google

March 13, 2008

The Times Online has a little article about semantic technologies and how they could displace companies like Google because data will be linked to each other.
Google could be superseded, says web inventor:
“Imagine if two completely separate things — your bank statements and your calendar — spoke the same language and could share information with one [...]

Rich Content Could Bring Internet to a Crawl

March 13, 2008

The present infrastructure is adequate for most users today, but as features become increasingly resource-intensive there could be delays. The increasing prevalence of rich content is to blame.
Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam:
Moving images, far more than words or sounds, are hefty rivers of digital bits as they traverse the Internet’s pipes [...]