There is a lot of hype right now around new types of search engines and will anybody ever challenge Google.    First there was the launch of the Wolfram Alpha engine that delivers answers instead of lists of websites and now Microsoft has announced the launch of Bing which they are calling a "Decision Engine." 

WolframAlpha is an "answer engine" that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a "search engine" might.  

 Microsoft has today announced a new web search engine called Bing that is designed to intuitively understand what people are seeking on the internet.  Looks like based on some early reviews Bing is vastly better than Microsoft Live (that would not be hard) but does not outshine Google when it comes to general internet search.  

The heat is on Google and am I sure they will respond with something more intuitive in its search engine.  I think users are looking for more than just list of websites.   I like the the idea of aggregated data from a number of sources on a single page in response to a search query and I think that this is where search is heading.  Users are looking to the internet to provide answers, not just lists.

Even through I am an Australian and I live in Sydney, I am a keen follower of the NBA.  My team is the Denver Nuggets.  Well I manage a team in Broomfield CO and Sun has a large presence in Denver, so it is only natural that I support the Nuggets.  

I always enjoy talking sports with the guys in Broomfield.  I have being to a number of Nuggets games at the Pepsi Center and I like their attitude.  NBA basketball is not as popular in Australia as it was during the Jordon era, however the playoffs does get nightly news coverage on the spot channels and the finals would get coverage in the main stream media.

I note that it has been some time since Denver has progressed beyond the first round of the playoffs and it good to see the Nuggets show some form in the post season.  I have been following the Lakers series and Denver should have put them away already and I think there lack of big time experience is showing with some poor performances at crucial times in games 1 and 3.  With the Lakers leading the series  3-2 game  6 on Friday at Denver is crucial.  I am looking to Denver taking it game 7 in LA on Sunday.