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   Powerset (company)

   The company has licensed natural language technology from PARC, the former Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. ... On July 1, 2008, Microsoft signed an agreement to acquire Powerset.
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   Bing (search engine)

   Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered, and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results), based on semantic technology from PowerSet which Microsoft purchased in 2008. ... When a user types the name of the shipping company and the tracking number Bing will provide direct tracking information.
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   Natural language search engine

   Powerset — On May 11, 2008, the company unveiled a tool for searching a fixed subset of Wikipedia using conversational phrases rather than keywords. On July 1, 2008, it was purchased by Microsoft.
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   Microsoft Game Studios

   In April 2006, MGS announced that they had purchased Lionhead Studios for an undisclosed sum. ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |
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   Groove Networks

   On 2005-03-10, it was announced that the company had been purchased by Microsoft for an undisclosed sum. ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |
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   Microsoft Campus Agreement

   Each software package available under the MSCA can be purchased only once. ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |
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   Bruce Horn

   Powerset was acquired by Microsoft in the fall of 2008 and is part of Live Search. Dr. Horn currently serves on the board of advisors of The Hyperwords Company Ltd of the UK, which works to make the web more usefully interactive and which has produced the free Firefox Add-On called 'Hyperwords'.
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   Vermeer Technologies

   The company was purchased by Microsoft for US$133 million in January 1996 in order to acquire FrontPage as a new weapon in the browser wars. ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |
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   MSN TV

   The product and service was developed by WebTV Networks, Inc., a company purchased by Microsoft Corporation and absorbed into MSN (the Microsoft Network). ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |
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    Xbox 360

    A hard drive or memory unit is required to store products purchased from Xbox Live Marketplace. ... | Acquisitions | Altamira Software · aQuantive · Blue Ribbon Soundworks · Bungie · Calista Technologies · Colloquis · Connectix · Consumers Software · Danger · Farecast · FASA Studio · Fast Search & Transfer · Firefly · Forethought · GIANT Company Software · Groove Networks · Hotmail · Jellyfish.com · Korea Telecom · LinkExchange · Lionhead Studios · Massive Incorporated · Onfolio · PlaceWare · Powerset · ProClarity · Rare · ScreenTonic · Teleo · Tellme Networks · Vermeer Technologies · Visio Corporation · VXtreme · WebTV Networks · Winternals · Yupi |

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