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Powerset aims to outsmart Google
Michael Liedtke, USA Today, September 17, 2007
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After nearly two years of hushed development, Powerset is finally providing a peek at a "natural-language" technology that is supposed to make it easier to communicate with search engines.
This isn't the first time a search engine has tried to understand simple English, but Powerset has drawn more attention because its natural-language technology is being licensed from the Palo Alto Research Center.
Better known as PARC, the Xerox subsidiary is renowned for hatching breakthroughs — like the computer mouse and the graphical interface for personal computers — that were later commercialized by other companies.
PARC's top natural-language specialist, Ronald Kaplan, is now Powerset's chief technology and scientific officer.
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