If you have followed this blog in the past you may have wondered why the frequency of updates has slowed to an almost grinding halt. Well the simplest answer is that the Powerset team at Bing has been heads down building the next wave of features that...

The Powerset team at Bing is working hard to make the Reference vertical the premier source on the web for your reference needs. We've got many new features under development, and a few that we've just launched to give you a taste for what's to come....

A group of semantic technology enthusiasts descended on San Jose for the Semantic Technology Conference last week, and the Powerset division at Bing was there to show off Bing and take part in the semantic technology discussion. There was a crew of people...

Bing is here! As of today, everyone can begin to Bing . Many have already been using Bing since the June 1st preview, and the feedback has been rolling in . So we wanted to join in the conversation with some details on some of the more visible Powerset...

Welcome to the new community site, the new home of the Powerset blog. As of today, June 1, all of our blog posts will redirect to the Powerset Bing Blog . The Bing community site is a collection of blogs, forums and event information – your go-to...

Today, Steve Ballmer announced the launch of Microsoft’s new search product, Bing, at the D conference . Bing is a new kind of search engine, designed to do more than find search results. Bing is a Decision Engine created to help you cut through...

Powerset is excited to be returning to the Web 3.0 conference, May 19 to 20th 2009 in New York. Last year Powerset's general manager keynoted at the conference . This year Senior Program Manager Mark Johnson will be speaking on a smarter searching panel...

Want to know what’s been going on inside the walls of Powerset lately? Check out our first video podcast: Powercast! The many lunch room conversations we have around the office inspired us to launch a podcasting series to share the thoughts, ideas...

We are thrilled to announce the lineup for the next Palo Alto Semantic Web (PAWS) Meetup sponsored by Microsoft on April 14 from 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. in our Mountain View offices. RSVP today and bring a friend! The Semantic Demo session will highlight semantic...

The next Palo Alto Semantic Web (PAWS) Meetup will be hosted by Microsoft. The format will be many short demos of semantically inclined products and technologies. Got a unique product based on semantic technology? Do you have a geeky demo that, even though...

Ubiquity is a research project from Mozilla Labs that has a lot in common with Powerset: the goal of the project is to reinvent the user interface through natural language. Ubiquity uses a command-line interface to allow you to get tasks done quicker...

Like many features at Powerset , our highlighting feature came about through the ingenuity of one of our engineers. Ian was having a discussion about circular polarized filters for camera lenses with his brother. He copied and pasted some text from Wikipedia...

From October 20-22 Powerset will be attending the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, CA. This year’s theme is “Beyond 2.0: User-Focused Tools & Practices,” and Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land will be making a Keynote...

Powerset is excited to be participating in Web 3.0 , held in Santa Clara from October 16-17, 2008. Scott Prevost, Powerset’s general manager, will be keynoting in the morning on Friday, where he’ll describe The Road to Semantic Search . Also...

Powerset officially became a part of Microsoft a little over a month ago and we’ve already completed our first few integration projects: Freebase Answers, improved captions for Wikipedia results, and new related searches using our Factz engine ...