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• 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)

• Fast Facts

  1. Microsoft confirmed the development of the search engine on March 3, 2009Microsoft Live Search Blog: Testing...One...Two...Three! (March 3, 2009)
  2. Confirmed it after an internal memo about the search engine was leaked the same weekBreitbart: Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo (March 3, 2009)
  3. Tested by Microsoft employees in March 2009Microsoft Live Search Blog: Testing...One...Two...Three! (March 3, 2009)
  4. Current Microsoft search engine: Live Search
  5. The name Kumo was used so it would be clear for employees who tested it that it that they were in a "testing experience"Microsoft Live Search Blog: Testing...One...Two...Three! (March 3, 2009)
  6. Rumors of the search engine started circulating in 2008PC World: Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine Internally (March 3, 2009)
  7. The company has registered several URLs associated with KumoPC World: Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine Internally (March 3, 2009)
  8. Microsoft took over the company Powerset, a search engine provider, in June 2008PC World: Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine Internally (March 3, 2009)
  9. Powerset developed a technology for semantic searchesPC World: Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine Internally (March 3, 2009)
  10. In Japanese, Kumo has several meanings, including "cloud," "ceiling" or "sea spider"PC World: Microsoft Testing Kumo Search Engine Internally (March 3, 2009)
  11. Kumo will reportedly be unveiled at the D7 All Things Digital conference in May 2009Wired: Microsoft Expected to Show Off ‘Kumo’ at D7 Next Week (May 20, 2009)

• Rumors

  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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