Semantic Web: Software lets homeland security and intelligence agencies collect, integrate and analyze diverse types of information to solve crimes and get alerts.

Instead of trying to be a new go-to search engine, Semanti is a Firefox browser plug-in that operates within your existing search engine.

The Echo Nest uses semantic technology to extract meaningful terms from data about artists and tracks.

The New York Times Open Blog: At last week’s Semantic Technology Conference, we announced our intention to publish The New York Times thesaurus under a license that will allow the community to both use it and contribute back to it. The results will, in time, prepare The Times to enter the linked data cloud.

Intranet Journal: One of the difficulties faced by intranet managers globally is getting to see other intranets. The Intranet Benchmarking Forum has solved the problem with virtual tours of the top sites.

Brain Traffic Blog: Now that the social media tools that define Web 2.0 have moved into the mainstream -- and believe me, it’s mainstream now that our moms are on Facebook -- the interactive community has moved on to the next big thing: Web 3.0.

Microsoft's first TV commercials for its new search engine leave us searching for answers.

A List Apart: “Resource Description Framework in attributes" is having its five minutes of fame. With Google and Yahoo on the same trajectory, a new kind of web is closer than ever before.

Web links enrichment solution MashLogic this month demonstrated one form of its slogan, “Take Back the Web,” with a partnership with NewsCred.

At the SemTech Conference, the search pioneer raves about the first year of its ground-breaking SearchMonkey platform.

InfoWorld: Officials at the SemTech Conference talk up the commercialization of semantic concepts, saying they will help usher in Web 3.0.

Third-party developers now can build Glue applications that take advantage of the tool's ability to connect people and interests.

InternetNews: The much-hyped Siri shows off its virtual personal assistant at the SemTech 2009 Conference.

The semantic web is going to happen, not because it's "cool," but "because it's cheaper and faster," he tells the SemTech crowd.

In an announcement at SemTech 2009, the company adds enterprise vocabulary management to its TopBraid tool belt.