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Google versus the telecoms

November 30, 2007 If Google wins the 700MHz wireless spectrum auction in January, expect Google-branded phones galore. TAGS: spectrum, local advertising, Google Inc., Citigroup Inc., desktop search, banner advertisement, mobile device, wireless network, Apple iPhone, telecommunications, mobile phone, U.S., PC

Copernic debuts desktop search tool

August 31, 2004 If navigating the desktop is the next frontier in search, there's now one more explorer. TAGS: Copernic, desktop search, search engine, 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, Internet company, beta, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., e-mail, PC

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, Google Desktop Search, flaw, Google Inc., attacker, vulnerability, security, PC

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, search technology, Google Inc., operating system, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Google unveils desktop search

October 14, 2004 Application lets people retrieve e-mail, office documents, AOL chat logs and a history of Web pages viewed, all via the browser. Screen shots of Google's Desktop Search tool TAGS: desktop search, Google Desktop Search, America Online Inc., Google Inc., Google Desktop, search tool, Time Warner Inc., Web page, Web browser, Yahoo! Inc., operating system, PC, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Search companies vie for the desktop

December 10, 2004 Microsoft plans to introduce test version of its desktop search app as tight year-end deadline looms. TAGS: desktop search, Copernic, X1 Technologies, test version, Ask Jeeves Inc., America Online Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser, hard drive, operating system, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, PC

AOL launches new portal, tests desktop search

October 14, 2004 Search feature will allow members to find photos, music and MS Office files stored on PC drives, in a challenge to Google and Microsoft. TAGS: desktop search, America Online Inc., AOL Browser, Google Inc., portal, search result, search engine, search technology, Internet search, Time Warner Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., photograph, PC

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: X1 Technologies, desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., Web portal, portal, instant messenger, MSN, asset, Google Inc., Adobe PDF, hard drive, California, e-mail, photograph, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Desktop search new target for viruses?

December 14, 2004 Security experts warn it's "just a matter of time" before virus writers eye desktop search tools. TAGS: Neil Campbell, desktop search, virus, Graham Cluley, MyDoom virus, search engine, e-mail address, antivirus, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail, PC

Take control of your desktop chaos

November 16, 2004 Desktop search apps represent next frontier in jointly navigating the Web and operating system. TAGS: Blinkx, desktop search, folder, operating system, server, PC, e-mail

MSN joins desktop search fray

December 13, 2004 Beta software launch sees Microsoft take on Google, Yahoo and others in hotly contested race to dominate desktop search. TAGS: MSN, desktop search, Internet search, MSN Search, search technology, Web portal, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., portal, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., vice president, toolbar, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft puts multisearch tool on show

July 29, 2004 Software giant demos prototype technology that can search both the Internet and a PC's hard drive. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, search technology, desktop search, hard drive, Microsoft Corp., MSN, PC, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

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, eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Windows Media, vision, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, server, photograph, PC

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

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, desktop search, Week in review, string, reader, eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., vision, Windows Media, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows, photograph

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, Microsoft Internet Explorer, CSS, Google Inc., desktop search, attacker, researcher, Web page, security, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, PC, Microsoft Windows

Designs on desktop search

January 12, 2004 Some major Web portals are trying to get an edge in the competitive Internet search market by thinking outside of the browser. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., taskbar, Internet search, search business, desktop search, Web portal, Web browser, portal, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC
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