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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 529396" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/Poweset-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Microsoft has agreed to purchase Powerset, a company that is working on linguistics to aid in search techniques rather that normal keyword strings.</p><p></p><p>The start-up has been talked up by this very website about using semantics for searching sites like Wikipedia. Powerset believes that this approach to searching makes for more accurate results.</p><p></p><p>So, for example, instead of searching for shows like <em>24</em>, you can ask questions like "who is the main star of 24?" and you should get the right results.</p><p></p><p><strong>Microsoft takes control</strong></p><p></p><p>Now that Microsoft is in charge of the company - there's no word on how much the takeover cost - it will be interesting to see how it uses the search engine's technology.</p><p></p><p>Speaking about Powerset, the company's product manager Mark Johnson said: "Powerset has always been a small company with big dreams, with the ultimate goal of changing the way humans interact with computers through language.</p><p></p><p>"Microsoft accelerates our ability to move Powerset to the entire web faster than anyone could have imagined."</p><p></p><p>Powerset began two-and-half-years ago, but is based on more than 30 years' research at the Xerox PARC research centre in the Silicon Valley.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15e8013/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Microsoft looks to linguistic search&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-looks-to-linguistic-search-414710" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Microsoft looks to linguistic search&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-looks-to-linguistic-search-414710" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533035984/f/8513/c/669/s/22970387/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533035984/f/8513/c/669/s/22970387/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15e8013/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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