Microsoft takes on desktop search
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Microsoft has entered the desktop search fray, releasing an initial version of software to scour a PC hard drive.
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Microsoft Corp. on Monday became the second tech-industry giant to offer software for searching through computer desktops - a technology it claims is vastly superior to that launched by Google two months ago.
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News.com reports in the article: Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool, that the company will offer up a beta release of a desktop search by the end of this year.
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Yahoo is the latest firm to move off the web and onto PCs, offering search tools for desktops.
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Internet company Yahoo announced yesterday that it is at work on a desktop search product. The offering would allow people to search their own PCs as easily as they can currently search the internet.
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Microsoft might be king of the software world, but it's having to play catch up in the increasingly important world of Internet and desktop search, chasing the substantial leads of Google, Yahoo and others.
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Microsoft debuted a test-version of a new desktop search product Monday that scans hard drives for information in saved e-mails, pictures, Web pages, PDF files, and word processing documents, among other files.
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MICROSOFT has stepped up its efforts to compete with rival Google, offering consumers a preview of its technology for searching the internet this week.
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Microsoft today introduced MSN toolbar Suite. The software will allow users to search the contents of their hard drive, including Microsoft Outlook e-mail, calendar items, contacts and Office documents.
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Microsoft today joined the desktop search fray by releasing the beta-test version of a suite of tools designed to let users find information stored in their PCs.
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Microsoft debuts a preview of its long-anticipated desktop search as part of a toolbar suite that integrates with Windows, Internet Explorer, and the company&#39;s Outlook e-mail client.
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Microsoft&#39;s MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC.
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Microsoft has released a preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail messages and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Monday unveiled a new, preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.
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Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta  As expected, Microsoft has finally released a beta of their Desktop Search software. It is integrated with their Browser Toolbar set and is now labeled MSN Toolbar Suite Beta.  The download size is huge compared to Google Desktop Search at 4.8megs and you would ...
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The company's Desktop Search utility is an impressive way to find information on your computer.
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Following the lead of Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft has announced a &#39;beta&#39; version of a desktop search tool, the &#39;Toolbar Suite&#39;.