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New Clustering Search Engine to battle Google

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coulda-used-a-better-name dept.

Sophrosyne writes "The New York Times is reporting a new search engine [free if DNA on file with Homeland Security] named "Clusty" is going to try and take Google head-on. The new search engine was developed by three former CMU computer scientists who formed the company Vivisimo. The search engine uses Overture for it's results but offers new features such as an encyclopedia search, clustered results, and a gossip search."

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  1. Imagine a Beowulf.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ah, nevermind.

  2. Some problem with the encoding or something? by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Arabic results display alright here (firefox 0.9.3 on windows) but you can't click on them. Other UTF-8 encoded sites display just fine; can anyone else replicate this odd behavior?

    Look here for an example. Something with the bidi functionality, perhaps? Any hebrew users?

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    1. Re:Some problem with the encoding or something? by mbaciarello · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Arabic results display alright here (firefox 0.9.3 on windows) but you can't click on them.

      Firefox 1.0.1 on OS X, here. Arabic results display fine (well, they look like they're alright...) and are clickable. I used your link to check.

  3. So... by a.deity · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If this engine beats out Google...

    Will they give Clusty the Crown?

    /bad joke

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  4. So does that mean by floydman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that soon enough someone is gonna tell us that

    Google is DYING

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