A Search Engine For The Slower Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday July 16, 2003 @07:31AM from the most-everyone-most-everywhere dept.

Makarand writes "According to this BBC News article researchers at MIT are developing a search engine for people using the web on slower net connections. The software will e-mail queries to a central server and receive the most relevant webpages from the search results by e-mail in a compressed form. Since the program is too big to download over a poor net connection it will be mailed on CDs to libraries for people to borrow and install. They are also considering trying to persuade computer sellers in developing countries to install the program on machines."

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148 dead in Iraq by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-16 07:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

link ...and counting. Good thing the war is 'over'. Good thing, also, that Dubya 'restored dignity to the White House'!
Prezidunt Busch is teh smartee man! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-16 07:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

148 more veterans that won't be camped out on the Whitehouse lawn demanding their benefits!