A Software Secretary That Takes Charge


	A Software Secretary That Takes Charge

wildcat

12-18-2008 6:32 PM

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ai, personal assistant

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“This is the connective tissue that sits on top of the Web and brings you more than the sum of the parts,” he said. “I set out to deliver on the longstanding ‘holy grail of user-centric computing,’ a ‘personal Internet assistant.’”

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