In article <1595488.dkoyRHWE26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ____/ Goblin on Tuesday 21 July 2009 09:44 : \____
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> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8160343.stm
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> > Looks like Yahoo is having a make-over. If achieving the status of
> > Google wasn't already hard enough, now Yahoo thinks it can have a go.
> > Is Microsoft left on the shelves?
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> > Bing and left it too long Microsoft? or is
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> > "The launch of the new home page comes as speculation and rumour mount
> > that Yahoo is near to finalising a deal with Microsoft over a search and
> > advertising partnership."
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> > An example of when Microsoft can't innovate, it purchases?
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> All of this distracts from the real search news: Wolfram|Alpha.
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> Give it a go...
Computers aren't really smart enough to do what Alpha is trying to do
yet. Here's a rather interesting article along those lines:
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/wolfram-alpha-and-hu
bristic-user.html
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