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            Report Says Microsoft Will Buy Powerset for $100M

            Gregory T. Huang

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            June 26th, 2008

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            VentureBeat is reporting that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has agreed to buy California-based Powerset, a natural-language search firm. If the report is accurate, the deal will be worth some $100 million and will be announced next month.

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