Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.)

8 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. ok but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll stick to letting Google know every single detail of my life thanks.

  2. http://almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler by Urgo · · Score: 5, Informative

    wfp2.almaden.ibm.com - - [08/Aug/2005:15:48:34 -0400] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 69 "-" "http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [fc7]"
    wfp2.almaden.ibm.com - - [08/Aug/2005:15:48:38 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 41317 "-" "http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [fc7]"

    I've been getting once a day connections on my server from ibm for quite some time now (a year or so). Doesn't surprise me in the least. :)

    --
    Belive in Technology and AMAZE yourself. -- RIP ZDTV/TechTV
  3. not a web search engine by sled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From TFA: "While simple but powerful keyword searches have revolutionized how Internet users locate and retrieve information, IBM is looking to transform how office workers sift through the piles of data stored inside organizations."

    The posting implies that IBM is entering into competition with MS and Google. I saw no indication that IBM intends to launch a web search engine.

  4. what about yahoo!? by dezmund · · Score: 5, Insightful

    MSN thought it was between them and google?
    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050 722/tc_cmp/166401634
    sorry bill, but if anything its between yahoo (22% share of all searches) and google (47%).

    Not to mention most of those MSN searches (12%) are from IE users who don't know how to change their browser's start page.

  5. Just ignore the link in the slashdot item by hackwrench · · Score: 5, Informative

    The important information is simply the url http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/uima/

    1. Re:Just ignore the link in the slashdot item by SnprBoB86 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Definitely read/skim the SDK User's Guide http://dl.alphaworks.ibm.com/technologies/uima/UIM A_SDK_Users_Guide_Reference.pdf

      The annotator premise is almost too simple; it's brilliant.

      --
      http://brandonbloom.name
  6. Re:chum and guns by overshoot · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is an awful mixed metaphor. How does Slashdot expect its readers to navigate the treacherous IT seas with such poorly-seasoned and half-baked information?

    It's easy when you're three sheets to the wind, even if you pepper your reply with editorial condiments. Anyway, the goose is sufficiently sauced to be worth a gander.

    --
    Lacking <sarcasm> tags, /. substitutes moderation as "Troll."
  7. Re:chum and guns by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 5, Funny
    I know! It throws a monkey wrench into that entire kettle of fish! There's no foothold you could sink your teeth into! It blows your mind from the ground up!

    ...and so forth.

    --
    And the brethren went away edified.