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Software to Look for Experts Among Your Friends
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:15:30 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: May 30, 2006 12:46:13 AM EDT To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Software to Look for Experts Among Your Friends Software to Look for Experts Among Your Friends By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times May 29, 2006 PALO ALTO, Calif., May 27 - For anyone who has hesitated before making a purchase on a Web site, uncertain which brand is preferable, Tacit Software is preparing to introduce an online service that will make it simple to pick the brains of friends and colleagues for opinions and expertise. Tacit plans to start testing the service, called Illumio, next month. The service allows the user to mine the data on the computers of friends, business associates and others with shared interests on any subjects. However, Illumio is not a search engine, like Google or Yahoo. The system works by transparently distributing a request for information on questions like "Who knows John Smith?" and "Are Nikon digital cameras better than Olympus?" to the computers in a network of users. The questions can then be answered locally based on a novel reverse auction system that Illumio uses to determine who the experts are. The system is intended to extend a growing category of software that helps groups collaborate and work together more efficiently. Efforts to create systems that augment the intellectual power of work groups go back to the earliest days of computing technology development. The widespread availability of networks and Web browsers, however, has made such technologies far more accessible in recent years. ...http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/technology/29gilmour.html? ex=1306555200&en=5b0c7f4282eb5f83&ei=5090
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