MSNBC reports of a new system that can cope with the huge databases of information used by the police; Crime: A Google for Cops. 'Coplink' works by mining data and connecting seemingly unrelated bits of information.

BBC News discusses a system for a similar purpose, but instead used to organised collected data -- Virtual Detectives Track Criminals.

CNet reports that there's in fact quite a lot of money in the field of Search Engine technology; Web Companies Searching for Dollars.

The Observer has an article related only by title, on the Search For the Next Big Thing. AI is among them.

Moving on to speech, SCIAM reports of recent attempts to improve artificial voices; Making Computers Talk. Existing solutions seems to do better...

CNet again discusses a 'smart' appliance using similar voice technology -- Talking Washing Machine Gets a CeBit Spin.