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BigBlogZoo - Semantic Web Browser and Search Tool

kentusha   on 27 August 2005 - 11:16 · 16 comments & 1841 views

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GenerateScape is a small German software house that specializes in online media and document classification. We have chosen to concentrate on technologies that tame the chaotic nature of the web. These technologies are adding a layer of intelligence to the web. Currently web pages are very difficult to machine classify due to their lack of structural information. Markup languages like XML are creating this structure and helping to build a new semantic web. Today GenerateScape is happy to present the world's first commercial Semantic Web Browser, the BigBlogZoo.

The BigBlogZoo can be used to get content directly to you as soon as it is available thus saving time and effort. Furthermore this content is rigorously categorized. We present to the user the channel concept, much like a television, except for a browser.
    The BigBlogZoo lets you
  • Browse and Search over 70,000 categorized channels.
  • Syndicate content from these channels.
  • Save search results from popular search engines as channels.
  • Syndicate content from these search results.
  • Enhance HTML content so that you can find your search results.
  • Manage your own collection of channels.
  • Submit channels so that other users can share them.
The BigBlogZoo can be tried for free and is available for download.

Download: BigBlogZoo v1.0.5 | 52.9 MB (Shareware, $33.00 USD)
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What's new?
    General
  • new: IE7 Beta 1 direct integration support (xp sp2)
  • new: DEP Unattended option
  • new: Sereby's German Hotfix Pack v1.3+ support
  • new: Greek and Russian (non-Cyrillic) language translation
  • fix: Textmode Driver (nvraid post install reboots)
  • fix: Direct integration for KB896344,KB890046,KB898461,KB893357
  • fix: German pack integration (SetupHotfixesToRun included)
  • fix: Compress error popup with small files
  • fix: SFC Enabled full support
  • fix: Main files uppercased
    Components
  • new: ActiveX for streaming video
  • new: Intel Indeo codecs
  • new: Teletext codec
  • new: IP Conferencing
  • upd: TAPI App Support (removes more)
  • upd: CTF Loader -> Text Services Framework (removes more)
  • upd: WMP (now keeps MP3 codec)
  • fix: DRWatson (back and fixed)
  • fix: Printer drivers in Win2k (seemed like not removed)

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(2 replies) #1 xpgeek on 27 Aug 2005 - 11:43
Interesting, but, the BigBlogZoo ? What kinda name for a product is that.
#1.1 Porp on 27 Aug 2005 - 16:55
lmfao. i cant stop laughing..
#1.2 brianshapiro on 30 Aug 2005 - 15:50
maybe it sounds better in german
#2 green_geeky_dude on 27 Aug 2005 - 12:11
Move along please, nothing to see here except a couple of chimps doing it doggy style..........

Big Blog Zoo would like to apologise for this and encourage you to see the elephants "who are not at it".................we hope....
(1 reply) #3 klesh on 27 Aug 2005 - 13:28
gui is made with SWT ? 52.9MB...
#3.1 Porp on 27 Aug 2005 - 16:54
ahahaha Zoo's are big!
(1 reply) #4 Colin-uk on 27 Aug 2005 - 15:13
it looks a little complicated..
#4.1 Porp on 27 Aug 2005 - 16:54
It is a "Zoo" afterall. lmfao.
#5 Porp on 27 Aug 2005 - 16:53
lmao. BigBlogZoo
#6 mr_demilord on 27 Aug 2005 - 17:08
Such a crappy GUI , such a big price.
the wesite is crap http://www.bigblogzoo.com/
Support?
#7 Alien Venom on 27 Aug 2005 - 22:15
Wow, this browser is a bloated piece of crap. Also, I think it runs on Java. Java is SLOW. There are only a few programs that I use that are Java based, one is Zend and the other is Azureus.

This program looks just like Azureus does and does not make a good browser.
#8 kentusha on 27 Aug 2005 - 22:58
Java can be slow. It depends on how you use it or rather misuse it.

I would not say the app is slow at all. It uses a fair bit of memory, fair play. And why? Because I have optimised it, by using algorithmns that use memory. If it is running slow it will only be because your machine has less than 512mb ram.

Most of that 50 megs is actually data (ie the Zoo) + the JVM. If you have a JRE 1.5 or newer you can download the 30 meg version. I could probably even make you a 5 meg version but then you wouldn't get the Zoo included.

The reason it looks like Azureus is that it is built using the same technology. I have heard only good things about Azureus.

Last edited by 110109 on 28 Aug 2005 - 15:58
#9 Dirtie on 28 Aug 2005 - 09:21
Does it pass that smiley face test thing?
#10 kentusha on 28 Aug 2005 - 09:38
To explain what the semantic web is we have let the animals out for a little while and created this podcast:

http://www.bigblogzoo.com/podcasts/01_The_...how_-_Blogs.mp3

we hope you enjoy it.
#11 shmengie on 28 Aug 2005 - 18:32
thx for the mp3. i like the animals in the background. some unfortunate moments, though. like, '...and then sadly the guy died. moooooo!' i'm sorry, i take it back. it's not unfortunate, it's actually really funny in a sick way.

::heads off to therapy::
#12 kentusha on 29 Aug 2005 - 19:24
if anyone has any feature ideas I would love to hear them.

I am planning on releasing a free version that has the search feature and doesn't include the zoo.

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