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: Microsoft responds to Google News with Newsbot. I’ll have to live with it for a few days to judge its news judgment. [via JD]
: I forgot to mention that this is powered with help from Moreover and — full disclosure — I’m on the board of that company.
Sorry, don’t like it already. I think Gates should stop wasting money in duplicating what others have done, and try to do something different for a change.
Of course, as soon as he kills off GoogleNews, he’ll put in all the flashing abuse lights and dancing demons on the site to harass and terrorize surfers and zap their brains into pulp.
Hm.
On my first visit to this site, via your link, I was provided with a picture of one guy kissing another. Oh wait. They were soccer players.
Sorry, I don’t like it already also.
I doubt Gates can kill off Google News any more than MSN & Messenger could kill off AOL & AIM. There have been rumors MS wants to buy Google, however.
Who in the right mind would want to get their news from Microsoft, even if it is a bot?