Basis Technology has announced that Microsoft Corp. has chosen the Rosette Linguistics Platform to support Web searches in its new MSN search engine. The companies have entered into a multi-year agreement in which Microsoft has the option to use all of Basis Technology's linguistics software, including components for language identification, morphological analysis, and entity extraction. MSN has recently released a beta of the MSN Search service, which offers a combination of resources and search tools that are intended to make it possible for consumers to tailor search to their needs.
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