donderdag 3 april 2003

Microsoft Covets Google's Niche. In its ongoing quest to expand markets, Microsoft says it will compete with Google by developing a better search engine. The company hasn't divulged any specific plans, but it's doubtful anyone will start using 'Microsoft' as a verb. [Wired News]
6:32:10 PM    comment

Free content: Why not?. Venture capitalist Greg Blonder says there are hard-headed business reasons that support the notion of giving away music. [CNET News.com]
6:30:50 PM    comment

Emrys Tools | Forums and CMS
For my work I have done some investigation into Content Management Systems (CMS) and forum tools. CMS Tools are fine for updating your website now and then. So we visited a CMS company in Almere VVBS. Not that expensive, because they can deliver a complete system for €7000. We have to run it on a Linux machine. Digging into it futher I discovered some other tools: PureCMS and SiteDirector. Simple tools that do the job, but lacking of forums, FAQ's and doc centres. Then I was looking into Manila. Because I love Radio of Userland, I thought Manila can do the trick. Installing was easy and busy with the first test I was thinking: what do we really need? CMS on static pages is not what we need. They are static. What is dynamic. News, Forums, Docs, FAQ's. And then I remembered which forum has striked me the most the last year: www.invisionboard.com. Just now we are getting the installation together. I will keep you posted...
6:24:20 PM    comment

CinemaNow reels in Fox movie deal. Twentieth Century Fox Film will begin licensing feature and library films to Internet site CinemaNow, in the Hollywood movie studio's first online distribution deal. [CNET News.com]
6:02:48 PM    comment

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