Tag: wikipedia

71 New Secret Commands for Google

July 29, 2007 by Jason

In the past, I wrote several articles to present you the hidden operators available for Google’s search engine that allow you to find your information easier. Take for example filetype:mp3 that helps you search only for mp3 files so your search query time is obviously reduced. Today, the Search Bistro blog posted an article to announce 71 new search operators included in Google’s technology meant to help users find information easier. “It’s not perfect, but hey, it’s new. Google accepts all kind of new search words. Type employees and a name of a company in Google. Now you know: Yahoo has more employees then Google. Says who? Wikipedia. Google
recognizes the keywords from the info box on many pages. But that’s not all,” Search Bistro reported. Read More»

IBM Working On Wiki Instructional Tool

March 30, 2007 by Jason

IBM’s Almaden Research Lab is developing a Wikipedia-like tool for how-to knowledge that would help people automate repetitive tasks performed on the Web, such as filling out forms or paying bills.

Tessa Lau, a developer at the San Jose, Calif.-based lab, demonstrated the technology called Koala at ETech, a four-day conference on emerging technology running here this week. IBM’s been developing Koala, a Firefox Web browser plug-in, over the last year. The lab has yet to release it widely to the public. Read More»