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MSFT’s acquisition of Powerset is not about search

zdnet.com » 2008 » July » 5th » MSFT’s acquisition of Powerset is not about search

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The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants’ search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It’s a neat exhibit but it is highly computer intensive. You would need a massive amount of computer power to run that semantic … Continue Reading »

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