"Computer scientists who helped pioneer online search on Tuesday unveiled a Web crawler called Truveo that one analyst called 'a step ahead' of what Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. have accomplished in video search. ¶ The company is rolling out its product amid competition from well-established players and growing copyright concerns related to video posted on the Web. ¶ Truveo finds relevant video clips often overlooked by text-based search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, by "seeing" visual elements on a Web page that indicate the presence of video clips, Chief Executive Officer Tim Tuttle said on Tuesday. ..." Link: Reuters. Truveo news release. Thanks to Lynn Cannon for the tip. --Dennis
Start-up Truveo enters video search field. Link: CNET News.com.
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