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

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., toolbar, information technology, Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows

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., Microsoft Windows Vista, U.S., 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., operating system, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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: decree, desktop search, consent decree, antitrust, agreement, regulator, attorney general, service pack, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, attorney, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Move over, Google Sidebar

September 23, 2005 Watson 2.0 for Windows offers desktop-search customization--without raising any real privacy concerns. TAGS: Intellext, Google Desktop Search, Google Desktop, desktop search, Google Inc., Real-Time, Microsoft Word, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, Google Inc., button, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Vista, virtualization, vendettas

September 14, 2007 Microsoft promises Vista changes in response to Google complaints. Also: Virtualization gets real, and iPhone reaches a milestone. TAGS: Google Apps, Capgemini, desktop search, virtualization, advertising company, Week in review, Google Inc., reader, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple iPhone, Automatic Update, response, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft: Vista service pack coming in '08

August 29, 2007 Software maker plans first update to Vista for first quarter of next year, while third and final XP service pack is due before June.Vista SP1: Small things come in big packages TAGS: desktop search, service pack, beta, Microsoft Windows Vista, general manager, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, BIOS, hard drive

This week in tech heavyweight action

May 26, 2006 Microsoft showed us more of its vision of Vista, while Google, Dell, Yahoo and eBay continued jockeying for advantage. TAGS: WinHEC, desktop search, reader, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., eBay Inc., vision, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Media, Dell, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, photograph, Microsoft Windows, server, PC

Novell hopes its next desktop will leapfrog Windows

March 9, 2006 Company says its next Linux desktop will be more usable than desktop products anywhere else on the market. TAGS: Linux desktop, Novell Inc., Linux, desktop search, GUI, printing, open source, USB, Microsoft Corp., 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, Jim Allchin, similarity, desktop search, Apple Mac OS, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X, document, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., icon, operating system, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, video

Week in review: Try to read Microsoft's hips

June 22, 2007 On the eve of announcing a change in Vista that people have clamored for, the company reverses course and then clams up. TAGS: virtual machine, Terry Semel, virtualization, Week in review, desktop search, Microsoft Windows Vista, reader, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., CEO, operating system, security, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Big boys get busy

May 26, 2006 Microsoft showed us more of its vision of Vista, while Google, Dell, Yahoo and eBay continued jockeying for advantage. TAGS: WinHEC, Week in review, desktop search, string, reader, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., eBay Inc., vision, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Media, Dell, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Office, photograph

Microsoft aims to take the desktop 'Live'

March 31, 2006 Trying to outflank Yahoo and Google, Microsoft tests desktop hub for e-mail and other consumer services. TAGS: desktop software, Yahoo! Mail, America Online Inc., Gmail, desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., MSN Hotmail, Time Warner Inc., POP3, account, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail, blog, Microsoft Windows

Google aims for Web developers' hearts and minds

August 26, 2005 Latest products hint at company's efforts to create a platform on which to build add-on products and services. TAGS: Google Inc., API, Google Desktop Search, Google Desktop, Google Talk, desktop search, heart, developer, platform, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

IE flaw lets intruders into Google Desktop

December 2, 2005 Researcher finds a way to steal data from unwitting users of Google's desktop search tool by exploiting an unpatched IE flaw. TAGS: Google Desktop, flaw, CSS, desktop search, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc., attacker, researcher, security, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, PC, Microsoft Windows
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