MS buys powerset for $100 mil +

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2pac
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MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 01:13
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They may not be Yahoo but the whole semantic web tech is a good way to go i guess .
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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 01:15
I' ve never heard of Powerset... Is it actually useful?

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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 01:23
The whole natural language processing thing hasn' t been perfected yet but once its done it will be the way things are done on the web . But as of now Google will suffice .
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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 01:28
They' re developing a natural language search engine to compete with keyword engines like Google and Yahoo.

They' ve got a beta running Here if you want to try it out. With any luck, Microsoft will throw tons of cash at them, and it' ll replace the abysmal Windows LIVE.[:' (]
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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 01:34
So you can ask it questions and it finds answers and hits? Wicked
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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 07:36

So you can ask it questions and it finds answers and hits? Wicked
Kinda like answers.yahoo.com?
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RE: MS buys powerset for $100 mil + - Jul 01, 2008 18:57
Lol . Its nothing like answers.yahoo.com ... People post answers there . Powerset aims to provide an engine where the engine provides you the answer .