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Boxxet, a Tool for Automatic Webpage Generation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the missing-the-days-of-notepad-and-mnt-dew dept.

tkajstura writes "New Scientist is reporting on 'a new tool [called Boxxet that] offers to create websites on any subject, allowing web surfers to sit back, relax and watch a virtual space automatically fill up with relevant news stories, blog posts, maps and photos.' It uses an algorithm based on unique word count to filter an index and integrate relevant subject information into the page, called a 'Boxxet.' The tool will first be available by invitation only, opening to the general public by the end of April 2006."

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  1. Finally! by FlyByPC · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you say you wanna be a blogger, but you're just too darn lazy? No problem!

    --
    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  2. KBBL DJ 3000 by PretzelWagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    KBBL Boss: This is the DJ 3000. It plays CDs automatically, and it has three distinct varieties of inane chatter.

    [presses a button]

    DJ 3000: Hey, hey. How about that weather out there?
    Woah! _That_ was the caller from hell.
    Well, hot dog! We have a weiner.
    Bill: Man, that thing's great!
    Marty: _Don't_ praise the machine!
    KBBL Boss: If you don't get that kid an elephant by tomorrow, the DJ 3000 gets your job.

    [Marty punches it]

    DJ 3000: Those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.
    Bill: [laughs] How does it keep up with the news like that?

  3. Need automated browsing by andy314159pi · · Score: 5, Funny

    As the volume of recycled content goes up, the noise ratio will eventually be too much for anything too put up with. That's why I'm working on an automated web surfer so that this the recycled content can find some readership.