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Microsoft opens desktop search
June 30, 2005
Company quietly releases documentation to extend its desktop search tool beyond the browser.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Dell embraces Google
May 25, 2006
Deal between the search giant and the PC maker gets Google into new territory. It's a strike against Google rival Microsoft.
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Google balances privacy, reach
July 14, 2005
The search giant has to make sure its vast data on customer behavior isn't used to violate privacy.
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Microsoft: Slow going for desktop search in Windows
January 31, 2005
Executive says caution is the watchword as company looks to avoid legal land mines.
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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.
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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."
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Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changes
September 12, 2007
Company agreed in June to make alterations to satisfy antitrust concerns from rivals, particularly Google.
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With search site relaunch, Jeeves loses top billing
February 27, 2006
Ask Jeeves becomes Ask.com with simplified interface and new tools including enhanced maps, encyclopedia search.
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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.
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Apple centers Spotlight on desktop search
January 11, 2005
CEO Steve Jobs touts his company's innovations in search coming with next Mac OS X upgrade.
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Google moves beyond beta with desktop search
March 7, 2005
Search king releases final version with developer's kit and support for Firefox and Netscape browsers.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
Searching for trouble
December 20, 2004
Google grapples with a flaw in its desktop search. Also: Hotmail dumps McAfee as antivirus ally.
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In Apple, Microsoft OSes, search is on
April 19, 2005
Companies' new operating systems--Tiger and Longhorn--bear a resemblance. But just who copied whom? Photo: OSes go head to head
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Jim Allchin
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