Greg Linden, founder of Findory News and Blogory, takes a closer look at MSN's recently launched Newsbot. Previously, I stated that Newsbot pretty much squashed Findory, but Linden's review indicates his product has more sophisticated algorithms under the hood. Ergo they still have decent prospects at carving out a nice niche. Mass acceptance is unlikely, but maybe MSN, Yahoo, or Google will swallow them somewhere down the road.
Previously, I've evinced some skepticism about Findory's chances, but I hope they succeed in the end. If they can make this stuff work I have to imagine the technology will find its way into webfeed aggregators.