Web 2.0 might mean something different to nearly everyone familiar with the term. According to Fidelity Labs' Charles Berman, it could one day mean wider use of colorful, 3-D, graphical interfaces along the lines of what you see in virtual worlds like Second Life and popular games like World of Warcraft on business Web sites and desktops.
A University of Minnesota researcher said he expects to unveil a Web site in the next few weeks designed to track Internet traffic around the world.
SpongeBob SquarePants is cool, and Bob the Builder isn't a bad guy. I can even root for "Smiling Bob" on those Enzyte natural male enhancement commercials.
Web creator Tim Berners-Lee says that the next phase of the Web, dubbed the Semantic Web (http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/), could start making its presence felt at companies in the next couple of years.
An Indiana University scientist is behind a new company exploiting cookie technology to protect Web users from identity theft and other online threats.
Computer Associates has acquired 91 companies over its history and during the past year or so has spent about US$1 billion on buy-outs, including those of Aprisma/Concord, Netegrity and Niku. Look for more of the same in the months ahead.
Bluesocket, which got its start in the wireless LAN market back when people were more enthused about Bluetooth than Wi-Fi, has secured $US10 million in additional venture funding.
Vendors might be furiously trying to exploit Wi-Fi wireless LAN technology, but the consensus at last week’s Vortex 2003 conference was that few have figured out how to make a real business of it.
