Posted on 12/06/2004 9:04:42 PM PST by quantim
NEW YORK (AP) — Former president Bill Clinton on Monday helped launch a new Internet search company backed by the Chinese government which says its technology uses artificial intelligence to produce better results than Google Inc.
"I hope you all make lots of money," Clinton told executives at the launch of Accoona Corp., which donated an undisclosed amount to the William J. Clinton Foundation.
The Chinese government, one of several large backers, has granted Accoona a 20-year exclusive partnership with the China Daily Information Co., the government agency that runs an official Chinese and English Web site.
The deal gives Accoona data on some 5 million Chinese companies, which Accoona sees as a lucrative opportunity as U.S. businesses seek to do business in China ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The new company's executives include chairman Eckhard Pfeiffer, the former chief executive of Compaq Corp., and Stuart Kauder, a former business development director at online advertising company DoubleClick Inc.
Accoona takes its name from the Swahili phrase, "accoona matata," for "no worries," popularized by Disney's film, "The Lion King."
The company seeks to distinguish itself from Google, Yahoo Inc. and growing list of other search engine players by using artificial intelligence to make the results more relevant, said Pfeiffer. Unlike traditional search engines that seek specific "keyword" matches, Accoona will access Web pages that may have no exact keyword matches but are still relevant to the query, he explained.
"Accoona's artificial intelligence technology will elevate search engine performance to a new unprecedented level, allowing the most relevant search available today," Pfeiffer said.
I'd say if there was EVER a site you didn't want setting a "cookie" on your computer it would be THIS one.... Betcha Hillary would know if you went searching for a private doctor....
Now that you mention it, a ChiCom investment in a Google-clone competitor that IPOs for a huge sum and puts a portion of it into The World's Biggest Mobile Home/Presidential Library Foundation would go a long way toward helping Bill's Fascist Bride into the Oval Office....let's really keep an eye on the money on this one!
This bozo never quits kissing up to America's enemies!
He leaves his stench on everything he touches even after he has returned to being a nobody!
This bozo never quits kissing up to America's enemies!
He leaves his stench on everything he touches even after he has returned to being a nobody!
I typed in 'impeached presidents' with zero results and the Chinese Google rip-off equivalent of "Did you mean 'impeached residents?'"
No, I meant 'impeached lesidents...'
He really is amazing...
Everything he touches has a sleazy, fishy, corrupt smell to it.
Hey ... got some stuff on "whitewater clinton scandal"
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Is the article implying that the William J. Clinton Foundation might have an apparent connection to the China Daily Information Co?
Just trying to decode this, without being overly suspicious.
Bill Clinton is a traitor at heart, and a whore (paid for by China).
He really inspires hatred.
Why undisclosed? The MSM too lazy to ask? Or did the Toons refuse to tell? In which case, why wasn't that reported?
Because it's not Halliburton.
Evidently. I'd like to know the amount, however.
I thought it was a parody also... since I believe the Disney song they reference is "hakuna" not "acoona." At least I believe that's how Disney spelled it....
What's the name ?
www.ogle.com
Perhaps...
Algore da man! ;-)
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Former president Bill Clinton on Monday helped launch a new Internet search company backed by the (communist) Chinese government which says its technology uses artificial intelligence to produce better results than Google Inc.
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