You can find anything using Google. That may be a common perception, but it's not accurate. Words and phrases often have multiple meanings so, despite the best efforts of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other sophisticated search engines, you don't always get the answer you're looking for, certainly not on the first try. "If you ask for 'high blood pressure' on Google, you won't get 'hypertension,'" IDC analyst Sue Feldman told InternetNews.com. "There's often a mismatch between those writing the documents and the language experts use."
Enter OpenCalais, a free service funded by media giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI). "The core of OpenCalais is a Web service we've released for commercial or noncommercial use," explained Tom Tague, Calais evangelist and project lead. "We want to make all the world's content more accessible, interoperable and valuable."
