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Search Engines becoming smarter

I searched for articles on India’s performance in Beijing Olympics so far and so I typed in Google “India Olympics”. I was surprised to the see the first result as the medal count tally (see screen shot below). Checked it in Live Search as well on how smart it was behaving. It too gave similar results and added more details than Google. If Search Engines improve at this same rate, I guess we will one day have them answer any question we throw at them (Do you think this will happen or it is only a science fiction, please post it in the comments)

Google output for India Olympics, showing Medal TallyLive Search output for India Olympics, showing Medal Tally

India Wins a Gold in Olympics

I am very happy when I first heard the news in Radioone while driving to work in the morning now. India’s Abhinav Bindra has won a gold in men’s 10-metre Air Rifle event in Beijing.This is India’s first ever Olympic gold in any individual event and ninth in total. So far the nine gold medals have been won in group events like Hockey. India is growing by every other parameter in the last 50 years – whether it is eradicating poverty, education, economy, Nuclear Power, IT Services, etc. but it was a shame that India hasn’t performed well in sports. We are all celebrating this in our company now with some Cadbury’s chocolates. 

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(Image Courtesy: NDTV and DD Sports Live)