blinkx 2.0 is out - with added Smart Folders: 'Smart Folders are intelligent folders that automatically update their content as new information becomes available based on the ideas contained within the content of those files'.
Greg Linden writes: 'A couple weeks ago, Findory launched search history for web, news, and blog search. As I've said before, search history is not personalized search. This week, Findory took our first step toward true personalized web search. In subtle and small ways, we are starting to modify web search results based on your history at Findory.com. ... Please keep in mind these are our first, early, baby steps. The changes are small, infrequent, and subtle. Findory need to learn to walk before it can run. Over time, Findory will better understand how to help people find what they need and the changes will become larger and more frequent.'
PubSub has relaunched: 'PubSub is a matching service that instantly notifies you when new content is created that matches your subscription. Using a proprietary Matching Engine, PubSub is able to read millions of data sources on your behalf and notify you instantly whenever a match is made. The heart of the PubSub service is a powerful, proprietary Matching Engine that makes it possible, for the first time, to match millions of search queries against thousands of new pieces of information every second. Traditional search stores data and then allows you to find documents within that store of data. PubSub operates by first storing your subscription query, and then watching for new information that matches it. Your query will be checked against every piece of new information passing through our Matching Engine. Today, PubSub reads over 6.4 million weblogs, more than 50,000 internet newsgroups and all SEC (EDGAR) filings. In the coming months, we'll be adding many more streams of data, so stay tuned!'
via John Battelle
