@article{horvitz2000microsoft,
author = {Horvitz, Eric},
title = {Microsoft Sees Software 'Agent' as Way to Avoid Distractions},
year = {2000},
month = {July},
abstract = {REDMOND, Wash. -- Attention, please.

Hoping to shed its longstanding industry reputation as a mere imitator, not an innovator, Microsoft is spending heavily on research in a wide range of software technologies that include hand-held computing and voice recognition. But the most intriguing project may be taking place in the cramped office of Eric Horvitz, a devotee of an obscure, 17-century statistical technique that plays a key role in his current work.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/microsoft-sees-software-agent-way-avoid-distractions/},
journal = {New York Times, On the Web (Technology)},
edition = {New York Times, On the Web (Technology)},
}