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- Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning questions)
- Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand and other burning questionsit will go down with a 'Bang'If Ask.com is the model, a.k.a. spyware + worthless results, M$ should better save its money.MS decision engine, that will keep me awayway away!RE: Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning...
- Tags: SEARCH, brand, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft BING, search engine, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Powerset
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning questions)
- Â Microsoft rolled out Bing sort of---it won't be fully deployed until June 3---but questions already abound. Here's a look at the top 10 questions surrounding Bing, Microsoft's so-called "decision engine." (statement, Techmeme, gallery, Mary Jo Foley's take) 1. Will Powerset's technology be the difference...
- Tags: Brand, Search Engine, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Powerset, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Decision Engine, Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Microsoft weekend roundup: Win 7, GP 11 and more
- Microsoft weekend roundup: Win 7, GP 11 and moreKumo: Based on Powerset TechnologyThis article indicates that Kumo is based on Powerset technology MS acquired last year. The article talks quite a bit about the Kumo - Powerset connection. The following are quotations from the article:[i]'Microsoft Corp. has confirmed that it...
- Tags: Kumo, Powerset, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- Powerset is making Microsoft Live Search better...
- OK, I admit it. I doubted. But Powerset is already bringing value to Microsoft Live Search results. Frederic Lardinois over on Read/WriteWeb picks up on a post to the Powerset blog, and takes a look at some of the current Powerset-powered enhancements to the...
- Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Blogging, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Powerset studies student use of Wikipedia... and faculty resistance
- Earlier this month, Microsoft-owned Semantic Web startup Powerset released figures from a small survey of student use of Wikipedia. As I explore here, the results certainly do suggest that Wikipedia is popular with the cohort surveyed in this study. The trick for Powerset, presumably, is to convert...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0
- Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0jummyYou my friend, have a good taste for Live/photo Blogging.Keep em coming :DTales
- Tags: Lunch 2.0, Powerset, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0
- San Francisco's summer starts when the rest of the country's summer ends: Labor Day. The weather here in The City finally becomes pleasant, and techy companies like to have lunches outdoors. Today, Powerset was in charge of Lunch 2.0, a "social phenomenon referring to a migration of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Web 2.0, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft reorgs its search group
- Microsoft reorgs its search groupJust integrate Powerset ASAPI think MS should scramble to integrate Powerset's technology into its general search, and make the guys from this company generally take over search. These guys seem to know what they are doing.If NLP is the answer, what is the question?Powerset's technology is...
- Tags: Powerset, Microsoft Corp., natural language
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search
- MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about searchAdding a crappy search engine ....to another crappy search engine is not going to make MS Live better.The main reason why MS search engine is so unpopular is because it sucks. Adding another sucky unpopular search algorithm is not going to improve the...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, SEARCH, Powerset, MSFT, acquisition
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gainRE: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gainbut what is the point of declaring that the acquisition of a tiny, unproven, high-experimental technology software company is going to beat or not beat Google? it's totally absurd.Q&A vs Semantic searchPowerset will drown inside of MSFT and just burn $.The...
- Tags: Google Inc., Powerset, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it’s still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn’t have the best operating system on the planet....
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much?
- Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much?Well, that's looking on the bright side.After all, their knowledge base/msdn website could hardly get worse.
- Tags: Strategy, Powerset, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naughtStill, it is VERY easy to change your search provider, or even try theother one out. With the OS, it is an entirely different story.Wow! I'm agreeing with you for the second time!I admit I was skeptical at first, but...
- Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google and even Yahoo search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability...
- Tags: Google Inc., Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search
- Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language searchYes, It is..I think it is a right move.. Google's monopoly over search comes from the fact it has a great software the search engine. That's it, plain and simple. Only if Microsoft can offer better search results, then it can compute with Google. Offering...
- Tags: SEARCH, Powerset, natural-language search, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search
- The rumors accumulating over the past few months were true: Microsoft has purchased natural-language search vendor Powerset for an undisclosed amount. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Powerset brings semantic Wikipedia search to the iPhone
- Powerset brings semantic Wikipedia search to the iPhonePowerset iPhone VideoFor readers that don't have an iPhone, there's a video at: http://www.vimeo.com/1188461{mark} powerset product manager
- Tags: Corporate communications, Powerset, Wikipedia Search, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Powerset's search: Does it deliver?
- Powerset's search: Does it deliver?SemanticI dont think you understood the "semantic search engine" part. (or maybe I didn't)If you where looking for information on the RIM-Apple war for the prosumer, you just put "information on the RIM-Apple war for the prosumer" in the search field.If you are looking for Italy's...
- Tags: Does It Deliver, Powerset
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Powerset's search: Does it deliver?
- Powerset has rolled out its semantic search engine and has managed to get a ton of attention. The larger question for me: Does it deliver? And where does Powerset make the most sense? Powerset on Monday introduced its natural language search for Wikipedia content Techmeme. This effort...
- Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Web, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Taking Powerset for a spin
- Powerset has released its natural language search. Here's tour. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Spin, Tour, Powerset, Semantic Web, Search, Enterprise search
- Image galleries 2008-05-12
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