IRSeek is an IRC search engine (Internet Relay Chat). Based in Israel, this new startup indexes public chat channels—so far, it’s already indexed 300 million conversations, or about 6 million per day. IRSeek is listening in on over 2000 channels across ten networks. If you want to find out what’s the word on any subject from soccer or iPods, now you can simply by entering your term on the site’s search box. The most popular searches form a tag cloud on the front page. IRSeek maintains the privacy of its users—once files are shared, the conversation is abandoned. The company doe...  read more
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