Intel Releases Mashups for the Masses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 23, 2007 @06:19AM from the applying-data-to-the-situation-for-the-win dept.

News_and_info writes "Intel has released an online tool called Mash Maker with the intent of allowing anyone to create mashups. They offer some training on how to use it, but the tool is fairly easy to use out of the gate. I see it more as a rudimentary semantic browser. From the article: 'Mashups have still not really penetrated the mainstream. My mother is not using mashup sites, and she is definitely not creating them. Even if there was a mashup out there that did exactly what she wanted, the chances are that she wouldn't know it existed, and would be confused by it if she tried to use it ... With Mash Maker, mashups are part of the normal browsing experience. As you browse the web, the Mash Maker toolbar displays buttons representing mashups that Mash Maker thinks you might want to apply to your current page.'"

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Re:What's a "mashup"? by 427_ci_505 · 2007-09-23 06:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Web technology flexibility amazes me. Now we can boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew...etc.
Re:What's REALLY needed by springbox · 2007-09-23 07:07 · Score: 5, Funny

That didn't work for "podcast" ..
We did it! by redcaboodle · 2007-09-23 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

We actually slashdotted Intel.

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