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Sunday, March 31, 2002

"NewsInEssence" provides news when you want it. "Dragomir Radev, assistant professor of information and of electrical engineering and computer science [at University of Michigan --ed.], is heading the ongoing research project with graduate students from the School of Information and students from the College of Engineering. NewsInEssence (www.newsinessence.com) culls news stories from CNN, the BBC, MSNBC, USA Today, Yahoo, and others. A feature that makes NewsInEssence different from other news-gathering services is that users can specify the length and frequency of news summaries. "In comparison to other similar systems on the Web, NewsInEssence is personalized and interactive," Radev explains. "It allows users to specify a 'seed story' or topic, to specify which sources they prefer and how long the search should take, to say how long the summary should be, and to decide how often updates should be sent to them." [Red Rock Eater] 9:25:55 AM    comment   trackback []