Stallman in Oslo – Free as in “Fanatic”?

The legendary founder of Free Software Foundation (FSF), and initiator of GNU (Gnu is Not Unix), GPL and more, visited Oslo today. I attended his speech about Copyright at the University of Oslo, where a few hundred people were gathered to hear (and see) this strange looking and strange speaking man. This is indeed one

Microsoft reveals FAST Search roadmap

Yesterday, Microsoft/FAST announced at the FAST Forward conference in Las Vegas the immediate roadmap of the FAST ESP (Enterprise Search Platform) product line. Also see what CMS Watch writes about the topic. Office 14 The main news is that ESP will be included in Office 14, to serve as the advanced/extended search server of Sharepoint.

Cominvent AS lanserer gavekort-portal

Cominvent AS driver gavekort-portalen www.gavekort.no, som først ble lansert i 2006, og relansert før jul 2008. Gavekort.no er norges største samling gavekort. Fra en enkelt side kan du søke, navigere og finne det gavekortet som passer best for den lykkelige mottaker. Brukerne elsker den, og butikkene elsker den også, da den gir dem bedre eksponering

Attivio promises to bridge the gap between DB and enterprise search

Boston based Attivio (www.attivio.com) is founded by ex-FAST key people with Ali Riaz in the driver’s seat, and promises to bridge the gap between traditional Enterprise Search and traditional Databases/Information Warehouses. Being less than two years old, the new company is already making headlines, and time (and customers) will reveal how much is pure product