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Powerset's semantic obsession is already working its way into Bing's primary search engine, helping to suss out the meaning behind end-user queries, generate captions for query results, and suggest related queries. Microsoft acquired the San Francisco-based Powerset last summer in a deal worth a reported $100m, nearly a year …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Headmaster

    Sentences as good as their software

    "Sometimes, you get a great sentence in an article and it doesn't have all the keywords but it's really the thing that best explains what the sentence is about."

    Sometimes you try to write a sentence and fail miserably to convey any meaning to the readers.

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  2. James Pickett

    @AC

    Exactly. That sentence makes no sense whatever, although one can almost grasp what they are trying to say. Perhaps they should look up 'metaphor'.

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  3. Geoff Mackenzie

    @AC, Re: Sentences as good as their software

    Your sentence explains exactly what your sentence is about perfectly. Nice work!

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  4. Rex Alfie Lee
    Linux

    Bing Bing!

    Steve (I'm gonna f...ing kill Google) Ballmer: Have you tried Bing?

    Steve's acquaintance: Uh no, what is it?

    Steve: It's our new search tool. You should try it.

    Acquaintance: How does it work?

    Steve: You enter a question in the space, press Search & Bing, Bing....

    Acquaintance: ...blue scream of death. I thought you'd fixed that so that it just froze instead.

    Steve: I don't understand. We had Google for a backup.

    Ah Bing, Vista, Windows 7, they all suck.

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