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Desktop search race heats up

December 13, 2004 With beta service, Microsoft's MSN aims to move up from the back of the crowd. Also: Will IBM be the Google of the business world? TAGS: desktop search, IBM Corp., Google Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft opens desktop search

June 30, 2005 Company quietly releases documentation to extend its desktop search tool beyond the browser. TAGS: desktop search, API, Microsoft Longhorn, Google Desktop, search technology, search result, Google Inc., developer, search, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Windows

Images: Yahoo's desktop search

January 11, 2005 The Yahoo! Desktop Search Beta blends a tool bar to Outlook that allows for easy searches. TAGS: desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Outlook

Yahoo Desktop Search goes prime time

September 28, 2005 Program, which allows users to easily search many kinds of files at once, will compete with products from Google and MSN. TAGS: desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Blinkx launches desktop search for Mac

January 6, 2005 Search firm is one of the first to cater to Apple's loyalist audience--but it will have to compete with Tiger. TAGS: Blinkx, desktop search, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Intellext launches free desktop search product

December 12, 2005 Watson 2.0 runs in the background and understands the context of what a user is reading or creating, then automatically offers relevant related documents. TAGS: Intellext, desktop search, Microsoft Corp.

Windows desktop search gets down to business

November 15, 2005 Microsoft offers a desktop search tool that makes it easier for businesses to manage and cubicle dwellers to search corporate networks. TAGS: desktop search, enterprise version, search tool, MSN, information technology, Microsoft Corp., toolbar, Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft ups ante in desktop search

May 16, 2005 New MSN Search Toolbar debuts as software giant labors to catch up in desktop search with Yahoo and Google. TAGS: desktop search, MSN Search, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, MSN, Google Inc., toolbar, Microsoft Corp.

Google: We've fixed desktop search tool flaw

December 20, 2004 The flaw could have let an attacker search the contents of a user's PC. But the firm now says "all current and future users are secure." Images: Google's desktop search TAGS: desktop search, Google Desktop, flaw, Google Desktop Search, Google Inc., attacker, vulnerability, security, PC

Yahoo enters desktop search

January 11, 2005 Portal becomes latest major Internet company to launch consumer software for searching e-mail and other files. Images: Yahoo's desktop search TAGS: desktop search, X1 Technologies, Blinkx, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, beta, Internet company, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., e-mail, PC

Google Desktop goes Linux

June 28, 2007 Company releases Linux version of desktop search software, which simultaneously scans the Web and computer-stored data for results. TAGS: Google Desktop, desktop search, Linux, Google Inc., Gmail

Spotlight on search

November 12, 2004 Microsoft finally previews its Web search offering, while Apple tinkers with file finder in OS X. Also: Linspire's "hot words." TAGS: Linspire, Spotlight, desktop search, Internet search, Google Inc., Apple Computer, Firefox, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Yahoo to test desktop search

December 10, 2004 Net giant will introduce free software that helps people search the contents of their hard drives in a push to keep pace with Google. TAGS: desktop search, X1 Technologies, Yahoo! Inc., Web portal, portal, instant messenger, MSN, asset, California, Google Inc., Adobe PDF, e-mail, hard drive, photograph, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Has Google actually read U.S. v. Microsoft?

September 20, 2007 Policy analyst James V. DeLong says Google's real game is to blur boundaries between desktop search and Internet search. TAGS: desktop search, middleware, monopoly, antitrust, Google Inc., Internet search, order, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Google updates desktop search tools

February 9, 2006 Google Desktop 3 aims to let people easily share information, lock the system and search on multiple computers. TAGS: Google Desktop, desktop search, Google Inc., password, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Gartner: Google desktop search not enterprise-ready

December 14, 2004 The tool is fine for home, an analyst says, but when it comes to office use, "we have some security and privacy issues." TAGS: Gartner Inc., desktop search, Google Desktop Search, Google Desktop, enterprise, Google Inc., corporation, research company, MSN, security, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search

June 20, 2007 Changes aim to address Google antitrust concerns. Also: Redmond talks for first time about when service pack will arrive. TAGS: desktop search, decree, consent decree, antitrust, agreement, regulator, attorney general, Microsoft Windows Vista, service pack, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attorney, Microsoft Windows

Google touts new features in desktop tool

November 3, 2005 Unveils finalized version of Google Desktop 2, app that mixes desktop search and floating palette that offers custom info. Photo: Google Sidebar TAGS: Google Desktop, desktop search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
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