Kumo

  • Kumo is a new search engine developed by Microsoft. When confirming the development and testing of Kumo in March, 2009, Microsoft said it has not decided if the search engine will keep the name Kumo, or replace the current Microsoft search engine Microsoft Live Search when it becomes available for the public.Breitbart: Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo (March 3, 2009)

    Microsoft will reportedly unveil the Kumo search engine during D7, the seventh annual All Things Digital executive conference. The D7 conference will be held at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, California, from May 26 to May 28, 2009. Wired: Microsoft Expected to Show Off ‘Kumo’ at D7 Next Week (May 20, 2009)

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    It is rumored that Kumo is based on semantic technology, meaning that it can understand sentences and relationships between wordsBreitbart: Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo (March 3, 2009) There are also rumors that Kumo can search pictures visually and thereby will provide better and more relevant results when searching for images. Current major search engines such as Google search for pictures by matching the search term with image file names and text near images.PC World: Does Microsoft's Kumo Herald an Era of Visual Search? (March 3, 2009)
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