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Yahoo has become the latest major Internet company to introduce consumer software for searching e-mail and other desktop files.
Yahoo is offering a new search service designed to help people find more-relevant content online.
In a step to keep pace with chief rival Google, Yahoo plans to start testing a downloadable desktop search application in early January.
America Online is expected to launch an Internet-phone service in the United States next month, leapfrogging rivals in a fast-growing market as it seeks to evolve from an also-ran provider of dial-up Internet access to a broadband services powerhouse.
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In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.
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