Powerset Debuts With Search of Wikipedia

                   
nytimes.com     12-May-2008            

Powerset launches its natural language search engine on Wikipedia. It's promise to best Google remains a long ways off. ... Powerset is undoubtedly among the most ballyhooed startups in Silicon Valley. The company’s mission is as improbable as it is daring: just like like... [read full story]                

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Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool

tiscali.co.uk     12-May-2008          

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as Google. ... The closely watched Silicon Valley...                

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Innovative search hits Wikipedia

pcpro.co.uk     12-May-2008          

Powerset has unveiled the first beta of its semantic search engine, allowing users to search by conversational phrasing instead of keywords. ... "Our system is a little more forgiving," explains Scott Prevost, general manager of Powerset. Currently the engine is limited...                

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Powerset finally launches, kind of

guardian.co.uk     12-May-2008          

It's been dubbed a challenger to Google, but is Powerset worth the hype? ... It's been hyped from here to the back of beyond, but the search engine Powerset - dubbed a "Google killer" by all manner of media pundits - is now live... at least partially. The first iteration...                

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Powerset, intelligent search

seoltd.co.uk     12-May-2008          

Yesterday, PowerSet launched a new showcase about their user experience, on how to search the web with Powerset. Powerset is specialized in searching for text that makes sense instead of only relying on keywords. addthis_url = addthis_title = 'Powerset%2C+intelligent+search'; addthis_pub =...                

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