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Microsoft's Shoots for Semantic Search

Posted on July 01, 2008

Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google (GOOG) (and even Yahoo) (YHOO) search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability (Techmeme). And boy could Microsoft use some leapfrog love in search....

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