SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The scene is prototypical Silicon Valley start-up. Open floor plan. Barren walls. A ping-pong table that sits idle because workers are hunched over laptops watching videos. And ...

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Video search engine uses automated process that scans videos faster than real-time, and does not require people to do the heavy lifting. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...

Today's Web search engines are driven primarily by searching for text keywords. This works fairly well when what you are searching for is words; but it fails pretty miserably when you are searching ...

Video search is an unsolved problem. VideoSurf applies hardcore computer vision technology to this problem and finds relevant results beyond what may already be available to text-based search methods.

Move over, text-search technology. Companies are now looking to get a better handle on the Internet’s growing tsunami of video and images. That’s what the winner in the Search category, VideoSurf Inc.

Firefox with Greasemonkey (All platforms): Previously mentioned video search site VideoSurf has released a Greasemonkey script that embeds its "visual summary" strips into search results from Google, ...

Microsoft has announced that it has inked a deal to acquire video searching startup VideoSurf in a bid to improve searching for entertainment content across its Xbox Live platform. By integrating ...

I’m generally not given to hyperbole or breathless enthusiasm when writing about a new search service. Quite the opposite, in fact—over the decade I’ve covered search I’ve seen so many so-called ...

VideoSurf, the new video search engine that I uncharacteristically raved about a little over a month ago, is now live for everyone to use. As I wrote then, “VideoSurf is one of the most innovative, ...

Videosurf makes its search results enhancer available as a Firefox extension. It was formerly only available as a script for the browser-enhancer Greasemonkey. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and ...