"In early August, Mr Murdoch said the group would spend up to $2bn on internet acquisitions, and was in advanced negotiations to buy a web search company, which was reported to be BLINKX, the multimedia search engine."
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About blinkx
blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, is changing the way that people think about search. Only blinkx can harness the desktop, Web and TV - unifying content with a one stop search tool. Available to users on the Web at www.bxfind.com and www.blinkx.tv, as well as free to download, blinkx automatically and intelligently links to content anywhere and in any format, on the Web, on the desktop and even on TV. blinkx's conceptual toolbar means users are no longer limited to keyword search; instead, blinkx assesses all the information that the user is actively viewing, and automatically recommends and retrieves relevant content, from local, Web and TV searches, based on context. In addition, www.blinkx.tv makes thousands of hours of TV content fully searchable and available on demand for the first time. blinkx is a privately-held company based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.
Download the version 3.0 search engine of BLINKX. It is unbelievable !! www.blinkx.com Look at the audio and video search !!! The search engine searches while you sleep !!
The company that actually owns Blinkx is Autonomy Corporation.
www.autonomy.com Best website on the internet. Autonomy just entered a JV with Chinese company to launch a commercial search engine in China. Note Autonomy has been profitable for 22 straight quarters. Note Autonomy has a market cap of about $ 600 million --Note Google's is $ 78 Billion.
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Who uses Autonomy software--THE SEC for one !!!:
Autonomy's customer base comprises more than 1,000 global companies and organizations including, among others, BAE Systems, Ford, Ericsson, Shell, Nestle, AOL, BBC, Reuters, Hutchison 3G, Royal Sun Alliance, Sun Microsystems, Philips, Boeing, Schneider Electric, Coca Cola, GlaxoSmithKline , Citigroup, ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, the New York Stock Exchange, Daimler Chrysler, Kraft Foods, Lloyds TSB, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy. Strategic reseller and OEM partners include leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Veritas, Vignette, Supportsoft and Sybase. The company has offices worldwide.
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise. Autonomy's technology powers applications dependent upon unstructured information including call center, customer relationship management, knowledge management, enterprise portals, enterprise resource planning, online publishing and security applications.
Disclosure: I have been acquiring Autonomy stock for the last month including today. |
