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Could IBM Shake up the Search Engine World?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slow-approach-then-wham-wham-wham dept.

overshoot writes "IBM has just tossed a bucket of chum into the whole search showdown, which Microsoft thought was between them and Google. Apparently, IBM Research has developed a 'key facts' search technology (as distinct from 'key words') over the last several years. Now they're going public with it -- by putting it on SourceForge under an OSS license!" (According to the article, it's expected to show up on SourceForge by the end of this year, not immediately.)

2 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Information wants to be free... by Kloog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as in freedom, not free as in beer.

  2. This means K-... by TransEurope · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    KDeskserach?

    KDeskfinder?

    Koogle?

    Kahoo?
     
    ...in the next KDE :D