Turning the concept of search on its head – The Boston Globe – Boston.com – Personal Tech – Business

Watson, software produced by Chicago-based Intellext, does the searching for you. It runs in the background as you work, analyzing your documents and looking for relevant information. The results (clickable links) are continuously delivered in a side panel on your screen. Watson goes to work when you open a Microsoft Office application such as Word or PowerPoint, or the Internet Explorer browser.

Watson is all about search, but it doesn’t index information like a search engine. You configure it to use existing free and premium paid search services and websites by setting up ”connectors” in Watson’s ”Site Search Wizard.” It then uses built-in intelligence to make educated guesses about what you’d want to search for and automatically finds it as you work.