NewsMicrosoft Finds Use for Money It Didn't Spend on Yahoo: It Buys Powerset for Natural-Language Search Smarts
Posted 07/02/08 at 02:00:31 PM by Mark Edward Soper
Microsoft, still flush with search-tool cash after being scorned by Yahoo, has purchased natural-language search provider Powerset in a deal announced July 1st. Powerset will join Microsoft's core Search Relevance team and remain intact in its current San Francisco office.
To find out why Microsoft needs Powerset's technology, and to catch up on other ways that Microsoft is fighting against Google's dominance, catch me after the break.
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