Microsoft's 'Nobel Prize' Mathematicians Versus Google's Army of PhDs - Let The Battle Begin!
Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google, according to the head of the company's Theory Group. Microsoft is patenting new search algorithms with the goal of replacing the Inktomi technology currently powering MSN search with Microsoft's own. Microsoft last month launched a new search program called MSNBot, which trawls the Web to build an index of HTML links and documents--functions previously left to Inktomi and other partners. That's led to speculation that Microsoft plans to take on Google more directly in the search business. Microsoft's research team consists of some notable mathematicians, including Laszlo Lovasz, a winner of the Wolf Medal, one of the world's leading mathematics prizes, and a former Yale University professor. Others in the eight-strong permanent team have won the Field Medal, mathematics' equivalent of the Nobel Prize. They're up against Google's 60 PhDs, so the battle should get interesting! [Full story: Microsoft brains take on Google - CNET News]
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