Google Buys Israeli Search Technology

Google recently acquired an advanced text search algorithm invented by Ori Alon, an Israeli student..the story says Yahoo and Microsoft were also negotiating with the University of New South Wales in Australia, where Alon is a doctoral student in computer science.
Orion, as it is called, which Alon developed with faculty, relates only to the most relevant textual results. In addition the software, which currently operates only in English, offers a list of topics directly related to the original source.
Some more background info on Orion here.

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