Try Googling Watson...:)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: December 13, 2005 8:26:25 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Try Googling Watson...:)
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[Note:  This item comes from friend Janos Gereben.  DLH]

> From: "JanosG" <janosg () sbcglobal net>
> Date: December 12, 2005 8:46:28 AM PST
> Subject: Try Googling Watson...:)
>
> [... and you pretty much see the justification to take a look at  
> Watson, the Little Search Engine That (Maybe) Could. To be fair, if  
> you Google "Watson search," you get closer. NB: If you want to try  
> Watson, be sure to read Dawn's warnings at the end of the article.]
>
> >
> <http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/columnists/ 
> dawn_chmielewski/13388016.htm>
>
> Tool helps you find stuff that you didn't know you were looking for
> By Dawn Chmielewski, Mercury News / 12/12/2005
>
> Here in Silicon Valley, we're search snobs. We act like the whole  
> notion of searching the Web was practically invented here.
> Certainly, with Google and Yahoo, we enjoy considerable bragging  
> rights. But a little-known company out of Chicago has created a  
> search assistant called Watson that turns the traditional seek-and- 
> ye-shall-find approach to online information on its head.
>
> Watson is a downloadable piece of software that sits in the corner  
> of your computer screen, like AOL's Instant Messenger, and looks  
> over your shoulder as you work.
>
> Watson could well represent the next step in Web search. By adding  
> intelligence and context to what is now mostly a popularity  
> contest, the search results are clearly more relevant to you,  
> although its desktop omnipresence (like an editor hovering over  
> your words) can sometimes get on your nerves.
>
> Instead of entering key words or phrases into a search box, Watson  
> constantly scours the Internet for information related to the  
> PowerPoint presentation you're reviewing, the Word document you're  
> crafting, the e-mail you're reading or the Web site you're  
> browsing. <snip>

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