MyLifeBits: "Imagine being able to run a Google-like search on your life," says Gordon Bell, one of the [Microsoft] developers.
I saw this research presented at CMU. My prediction... this is how Microsoft will respond to Google. First dominate local search (it's easier, trust is less of an issue, you know something about the information hierarchy), then LAN access, and finally internet wide search. By attacking the easier problem first they'll have a nice jump on the market.
The one weakness of this strategy, most of the worlds knowledge is not on my local drive.
Still the economics of local and global data are very different. Each is tremendously valuable to me, but for different reasons.
"The book has two main parts: the beginning and the history of the project at Carnegie Mellon University, and the successful conclusion at IBM, including the two matches with Kasparov."
This sound really interesting. From what my professor tells me CMU grad students did most of the work and were then hired by IBM so they could take the credit. This definitely goes on my winter break reading list.
