Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool
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com October 22, 2004, 1:56 PM PT. This fourth priority&#39;s main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.
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Microsoft introduced a beta version of its new MSN Toolbar Suite, with desktop search functionality. The new MSN Toolbar Suite includes an updated version of the popular MSN Toolbar for Microsoft Internet
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(InfoWorld) - Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool, adding a preview feature to help find information more quickly and making some improvements to the interface design. The update, Google Desktop Version 5, also has some new security features to fight phishing and other online attacks. Its release comes after security researchersÂ reported some security holesÂ in the search tool last month. Google Desktop is a free tool that indexes the content on a PC, including e-mail, text documents and Web pages visited, and makes it available for searching. It also includes "gadgets," or small applications that sit on the desktop and display news headlines, a calendar, a to-do list and other information. MicrosoftÂ and Yahoo offer competing tools, here and here. A search in Google Desktop produces a list of results, including the file name and a snippet of the text. Several results can sometimes look similar, so Google has added a preview tool in version 5 that can show the contents of a file without having to launch the application it was created with, it said. The update also aims to fight phishing and malicious code hidden in Web sites. If a user clicks on a Web link in an email or other document, the new Google Desktop will alert the user if it thinks the Web site is going to try to steal information or download malicious code. Version 5 also updates the sidebar, a vertical control panel on the left of the screen. It can now "sample" the color of wallpaper on a PC and change its color to blend in, Google said. It also updates the appearance of the gadgets to make them easier to sort through and view. The new version, which is still in beta like a lot of other Google software, was announced Tuesday in the Google Desktop Blog. Google Desktop has come under fire from security researchers in recent weeks. In February, researchers at Watchfire said they'd found a flaw that could allow attackers to read files or run unauthorized software on systems running Google Desktop.Â Google patched the flaw, but the researchers said the software could be vulnerable to similar threats in the future. They reported a second flaw later in the month, and Google began investigating it. Google is also trying to enter the broader desktop productivity market. Last month it launched a suite of Web-based software called Google Apps Premier Edition, which analysts say could become a competitor to Microsoft Office. Â
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â¢ 2004-12-13 â¢ Yahoo! recently announced its plans to add a tool to search computer hard drives to help users sort through jobs of information on the Internet and the desktop.
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Changes to come in Microsoft Windows Vista will allow users to select a default desktop search program that's not Windows Instant Search.
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The online search battle was extended earlier this week, when Microsoft launched its new desktop search tool - allowing users to find their favorite music, email, acrobat files and other documents in a friendly and effective manner.
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Internet portal Yahoo! says it will release a desktop search in the New Year some three months after Google. Desktop search is the latest battleground between the major search engines as they seek to gain
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Yahoo has announced that it will release a desktop search product after the New Year, putting the search engine firmly in the desktop search race that Google kicked off earlier this year and that other major search engines have already declared that they
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Microsoft has released a preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail messages and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.
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OCTOBER 12, 2004  - Microsoft Corp.&#39;s monthly patch release cycle may be making it more predictable for users to deploy software updates, but there appears to be little letup in the number of holes being discovered in the company&#39;s software
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December 10, 2004. Making clear its intention to stay a player in the search wars, Yahoo! announced plans this morning to introduce a free, high-speed desktop search tool after the first of the year.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft will make changes to its desktop search program following a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) by Google.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2004  - In sharp contrast to last month&#39;s barrage of critical patches, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday offered up just one &quot;important&quot; fix for users to implement in its scheduled round of security updates for November.
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With the launch this week of new toolbars, Microsoft wants to make it as easy to find lost files on your desktop as it is to search the Web.
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It looks to be all out war. Microsoft has announced the launch date for a test version of desktop search software to rival Google&#39;s beta search application released earlier this month.
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Microsoft&#39;s MSN division is expected to announce a test version of its long-awaited desktop-search software this morning in a conference call with reporters.
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TechWeb - The glitch occurred when Microsoft updated the Windows Desktop Search tool for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP 1+.