Microsoft Buys Natural-Language Search Tech

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Flash, software, Adobe, Google, Yahoo, search engine, Web, Macromedia, photos, animationIf you're trawling the Web to buy a pair of Nikes, shop for a Volkswagen, or get a glimpse of Walt Disney's Wall-E, chances are you'll end up viewing graphics built with Adobe Systems' Flash software. Good luck finding them with a search engine, though. Turns out Google and other Web-search tools can't easily recognize pages laden with Flash-created images.