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…Web Assistant, a browser enhancement which applies a sense of context to content in order to make searching for related information faster and more accurate. With work already underway on Internet Explorer 8, which is slated for release in late 2008 or early 2009, Web Assistant certainly looks a starter. It struck us as a relatively mature offering with a natural place in Microsoft’s existing product line-up.

In its simplest form, the Web Assistant processes the page you’re currently viewing and recognises key words and phrases in the story. A window pane to the right of the main screen aggregates the most common types of online searches, listing each under a tab — such as On The Web for a conventional search, In The News for news stories, Images, and Reference (which currently points to Wikipedia). The first new feature of Internet Explorer 8? | APC Magazine