Microsoft has released a final version of its desktop-search software as it tries to enhance its presence in the burgeoning market staked out by rivals Yahoo and Google.
Microsoft's MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC.
Google launched a new beta version of its desktop search tool on Monday that features updated Web navigation software and an innovative tool-bar.
As users get used to a desktop search engine, Yahoo is toying with the idea of expanding the tool's indexing capabilities to allow for enterprise-wide searches to be conducted on a corporate intranet.
Companies should not deploy a desktop search tool without first considering the security implications because they could end up helping virus writers, say security experts.
Desktop search apps represent next frontier in jointly navigating the Web and operating system.
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Microsoft and Apple Computer are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive.
Search giant's expanding roster of Windows-free Web services may be a factor in the shuffle. Software on demand is an issue too.
Unless you need library-accurate file searches, DtSearch has perhaps too much power for the average desktop.
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Yet another version of the next generation of Windows XP--known for now as Longhorn--has leaked onto the Web, showing a fledgling operating system that's remarkably well developed even in a pre-alpha state.
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