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Launch Schedule hakia is currently in "analysis" stage where Web pages are collected and analyzed by computer algorithms. Although this process is ongoing, you can experience a number of the benefits today at our BETA site. hakia plans to debut its full-capacity search engine in 2007

http://company.hakia.com/about.html

Time to update that Launch Schedule!

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ProKom laid another 5 mill on their doorstep a few weeks ago.
That may help.

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hakia.com, the Web's new meaning-based search engine, announced today that it has raised a $5 million investment from Prokom Investments S.A., a current shareholder.

I didn't bother posting it when the news was released, sorry.

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Very interesting.

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I'm sure if HAKIA supported the Amiga Community, we could help them develop web applications to give them value..
(If you are not sue, check here)


But as long as they don't support us, we don't support them

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Darth_X wrote: @fairlanefastback I'm sure if HAKIA supported the Amiga Community, we could help them develop web applications to give them value.. (If you are not sue, check here) But as long as they don't support us, we don't support them

I just find it interesting seeing the common theme of little to no output (visible output anyway) from each firm and missed self-imposed deadlines.

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I just find it interesting seeing the common theme of little to no output (visible output anyway) from each firm and missed self-imposed deadlines.

Another common theme you are aware of is how the companies/products? are seen by others.
Let's not forget the Hakia rollout in N.Y.:

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Hakia: The "semantic" search company showed off a new toolbar that lets you highlight text in your Web browser and save it to your hard drive. A confusing demo: Unless we're missing something, this is apparently for people who are too lazy to copy and paste into a text file.

(that was one of the better reviews, iirc)

Sheesh!

One of the other threads on this topic for those that missed it:

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Pentti's Hakia.com asks you to try its search challange against Google etc.

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=24480&forum=2

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I just find it interesting seeing the common theme of little to no output (visible output anyway) from each firm and missed self-imposed deadlines.

I'm watching parallels elsewhere, well only those with good ideas. Seems the people who can meet deadlines are chiefly those on automatic. Those in R&D and those in creative occupations are in part at the mercy of the greed and fear driven tides of finance on which great ideas are selected flotsam, and in part, at the mercy of their own over-optimistic views formed in blithe ignorance of the obstacles ahead. Meeting a deadline is a notable experience! Venture capitalism has to be really crazy.

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NoelFuller wrote: @fairlanefastback Quote: I just find it interesting seeing the common theme of little to no output (visible output anyway) from each firm and missed self-imposed deadlines. I'm watching parallels elsewhere, well only those with good ideas. Seems the people who can meet deadlines are chiefly those on automatic. Those in R&D and those in creative occupations are in part at the mercy of the greed and fear driven tides of finance on which great ideas are selected flotsam, and in part, at the mercy of their own over-optimistic views formed in blithe ignorance of the obstacles ahead. Meeting a deadline is a notable experience! Venture capitalism has to be really crazy. Noel

I hear you. On the flipside there are some big differentiators between the styles of the firm as well in comparison to AI, the Board is listed for Hakia, it has generally respectable names on it like Bill Bradley. They have shown up at some industry events more consistantly. They offered the Google Challange comparison, I think they lose pretty badily, but they seem to be trying to do something. Plus, if they do make a new technology useful to search engines they actually could make a bundle. That said, as a internet technology firm its not too great that the website content is out of date like that.

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Well, at least it's nice to see if you type in the word "Amiga" on the hakia.com search "Amiga.com" doesn't even come up on the first page!!

The first, it looks like non-sponsored link, is part of a comment from Amiga.org saying how Amiga should be x86 and looks like it's going on to bash Amiga Inc. So that is good at least.

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Here is an interesting Haika search:

"pentti kouri amiga"

Hit #2: "Shady Amiga company: naming rights for Kent event center"

Ouch!

To their credit at least, they have not santized searches with his name.

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From the "watch this space" category albeit a few weeks old:

http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200801/ij_01_14_08a.html

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Google has responded to the patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by semantic search vendor Jarg and Northeastern University,

Note reference to Hakia.

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oh dear...

"Club Hakia"

hmm...

"Coming Soon"

hmm...

Perhaps Pentti is employing the successful techniques and phrases used at AI at Hakia now?

(checking for t-shirts as I post....)

Even though the above is for real...there is also some serious news coming from them, including their 1st partner "Berggi", being mentioned.
Hakia Announces Semantic API

Added:
Club Hakia, Berggi info etc.

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I want a t-shirt!

No problem.

Seems they just had a contest.

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"Cheers to More Winners" Prize 20 winners: hakia T-shirts

(you can't make this stuff up)

(now looking for any coupon offers...)

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Too funny as well:

Quoting the Washington Post web site:

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The only problem is that the link the company provides to get more information about its Web syndication services takes you to a sign-up page for Club Hakia. And once you register, the entry for Syndication Services says "Coming Soon." Lame.

http://tinyurl.com/3ggdj9

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Darth_X wrote: (If you are not sue, check here)

Not many guys on here would claim to be.

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I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

Looked for Team Amiga there, got this, seems to be about babies...


http://www.amiga-team.com/

Something to sue?

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Team Amiga

?

From the irc channel...

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20:23:59 !seen HMetal20:24:01 number6, hmetal was last seen on #main 7 years, 345 days, 2 hours, 28 minutes ago.

eeeek!

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He had a baby perhaps?

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you need an Apple t-shirt

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