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Intel Releases Mashups for the Masses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Mashups are... by Dr.+Stavros · · Score: 5, Informative

    Karma-whoring Wikipedia-link explanation of mashups. Thanks!

  2. Re:What's a "mashup"? by crush · · Score: 4, Informative
    you'd expect something like this (Software Research) from Microsoft

    The dude behind this (Rob Ennals) worked for SCO after training in a lab funded by Microsoft. http://berkeley.intel-research.net/rennals/

  3. I've noticed... by TerranFury · · Score: 3, Informative

    Businesspeople have taken to using the phrases,

    • "exponentially"
    • "order of magnitude"

    The problem is, none of them seem to know what either of the above actually mean...

  4. Re:What's a "mashup"? by Wiseman1024 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Intel does a lot of research. They've researched video codecs, face recognition, complex optimizers, and similar technologies in the past. Their goal is to generate demand for faster processors, though it's more honourably done (research of useful technologies) than the usual (fill the next version of Windows with shit).

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    I was about to say 13256278887989457651018865901401704640, but it appears this number is private property.
  5. Re:more info in the summary by xouumalperxe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Short version: Site A has a service, and an API to access that service. Site B has another service with its own API. Some guy comes in, grabs the two services and mashes them up into one piece. Wikipedia has an article on the subject, and suggests mapping Craiglist listings on a Google Maps map as an example of a mashup.

    REALLY Short version: Imagine the stuff you do with the standard *NIX toolchain and pipes. Now apply the concept to the web.