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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 result, search technology, developer, Google Inc., search, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Windows

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.

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, Microsoft Corp., information technology, 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., MSN, Internet search, toolbar, 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.

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, Internet company, beta, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Outlook, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail, PC

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

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. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, pay-per-call advertising, Dell PC, Internet search advertising, Google Inc., desktop search, PC company, eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Dell, agreement, conference, radio, CEO, Microsoft Corp., PC

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. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, personal information, privacy, Google Inc., desktop search, search engine, California, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

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

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 outlines Vista desktop search changes

September 12, 2007 Company agreed in June to make alterations to satisfy antitrust concerns from rivals, particularly Google. TAGS: technical committee, desktop search, software company, Microsoft Windows Vista, antitrust, search result, Microsoft Corp., search engine, service pack, button, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Ask.com, encyclopedia, desktop search, Ask Jeeves Inc., map, billing, direction, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

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., operating system, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: desktop search, Google Desktop, Netscape Web Browser, Google Inc., beta, SDK, Netscape Communications Corp., Firefox, Yahoo! Inc., Web browser, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Searching for trouble

December 20, 2004 Google grapples with a flaw in its desktop search. Also: Hotmail dumps McAfee as antivirus ally. TAGS: desktop search, MSN Hotmail, flaw, phishing, McAfee Inc., Trend Micro Inc., Unix, Google Inc., antivirus, security, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, virus, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Windows

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 TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, similarity, Jim Allchin, desktop search, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Computer, document, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., operating system, icon, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, video
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