Business - Written Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Jeff DeChambeau - 4 Comments

Software Now Understands English; Next Up: Love

Yesterday, The Globe and Mail had a piece about a new company that’s trying to change the way we search online:

SAN FRANCISCO — Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as Google.

Powerset’s technology breaks down the meaning of words and sentences into related concepts, freeing users from always needing to type the exact words they want to find. Continue…