Orbimage To Provide Microsoft With Satellite Images Of Earth
Orbimage Inc has agreed to provide satellite pictures of Earth for Microsoft Corps upcoming Virtual Earth service which would eventually have access to photos that could show manhole covers in Manhattan an Orbimage spokesman said Thursday
Virtual Earth which is scheduled to launch this summer would compete with Google Incs Google Earth service launched in beta Tuesday Both companies plan to integrate satellite images of places in their localsearch services
Orbimage based in Dulles Va currently has two photogathering satellites...
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I feel Ive said a few too many times that desktop search launches in general have become old hat yawnworthy as dull as lunching on leftovers from dinner the night before For the last day or so its been all over the wires that Microsoft Nasdaq has taken its version of desktop search out of beta Its a big news headline which implies perhaps some comment should be made although the fanfare surrounding both beta and officially launched versions of products seem a bit redundant these days to say the least...
InformationWeek > AOL Boosts Video Search > AOL Boosts Video Search > June 29, 2005
America Online Inc on Wednesday debuted on its free web portal enhanced video search that includes a new lightweight video viewer and speechrecognition technology that can give better results based on the audio of multimedia files
The Dulles Va unit of Time Warner Inc said the improved search engine goes beyond its previous ability to search only closedcaption information provided by content contributors
The biggest challenge with video search is that metadata provided by content partners is inconsistent and oftentimes absent Alex Blum vice president of audience product management at said...
Yahoo Mindset Gives Users Control Over Search Results
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One search engine analyst said Mindset is the beginning of something new Yahoo Mindset is a great first step in fully understanding the intent of a users entered search Andy Beal vice president of marketing WebSourced told TechNewsWorld
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Yahoo Opens Window to 'Deep Web'
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Danny Sullivan editor of Search Engine Watch told TechNewsWorld it is very difficult to pin down how much of whats on the Web is hidden He said that some experts estimate the figure to be as high as 90 percent of all content and he believes the new search option is very valuable Anything that helps people be exposed to more information is great he said
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