Enter Liaison Technology, with new software that can automatically scrape product and price info off thousands of websites, even if they change from day to day.

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Enter Liaison Technology, with new software that can scrape product and price info off of thousands of Web sites automatically, even if they change dramatically from day to day.

FORBES: Spiders and Lies

The majority of the firm's customers use the company's free service, which allows teachers to post materials at Blackboard.com, but about 560 schools use a version of the company's core product, Course Info, Pittinsky said in an interview Monday.

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It's filled out a few other details now, crediting the info to unnamed sources familiar with its product plans who claim Microsoft realized it needed something to compete with the smaller competition (shocker).

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That would let the search giant throw ads or other data about the product your way, giving you the info you need to snap it up -- and likely not hurting Google's bottom line.

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If I want an app to send me texts or let me buy a product, I want to decide which contact info to give them.

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