All the news that's fit for searching: Eric Horvitz is an admitted news junkie. But like most Web surfers, he's been getting an overdose of the same information.
Horvitz and Susan Dumais, both senior Microsoft researchers, are creating technology to make searching for news more effective.
Their project, called NewsJunkie, could help Microsoft develop a search function in Windows to compete with Google. It's also planned as part of MSN's upcoming news page, called Newsbot.
