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beat, tempo, rhythm, octave, and pitch. The patterns in new music are compared to patterns in recent hits and in classic hit songs back to 1956. Thus, the likeability of a song is explained by scientific facts rather than feeling.

KGB Search Technology Available to All
     InfoTame Corporation's artificial intelligence software, originally developed by the KGB for filtering their global knowledge database, is now available in the UK. The artificial intelligence software engine analyzes billions of text documents and extracts information based on significance instead of frequency of key words. The software locates major concepts

and ideas in large volumes of information, and summarizes, categorizes and correlates concealed patterns. The technology varies from traditional search engines which use keywords and Boolean queries. The KGB used the software on large databases in various languages before InfoTame recently marketed it to a worldwide audience. The software uses techniques from statistical physics, and 15 statistical significance parameters called Statistical Spectral Content Analysis. As an example InfoTame applies statistical analysis to text as Excel applies statistics to numbers. The technology uses proprietary mathematical techniques derived from high-energy particle physics and can be


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