Google takes fight to MSN with desktop search product
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LONDON - Google is taking the fight straight to MSN after launching a beta application that allows users to search the web and their computer files direct from their desktops.
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Online search engine leader Google Inc. is setting its sights on the computer desktop with a new software program that promises to scour through the clutter of documents, e-mails, instant messages and other files stored on hard drives.
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INTERNET giant Google has taken its searching tools one step further with a service for individual desktops. Its new desktop search application means users can search their email, files, web history, and chats
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Google&#39;s foray into the desktop search market has this week hit it&#39;s first competition, as rival offerings have been launched by both Microsoft and Ask Jeeves.
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Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta  As expected, Microsoft has finally released a beta of their Desktop Search software. It is integrated with their Browser Toolbar set and is now labeled MSN Toolbar Suite Beta.  The download size is huge compared to Google Desktop Search at 4.8megs and you would ...
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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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Known for its Internet search engine, Mountain View-based Google Inc. on Thursday announced a beta desktop search application that it says enables users to search their e-mail, files, web history, and chats.
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Microsoft&#39;s MSN division yesterday unveiled software that searches files stored on a computer, improving what had been a ponderous and time-consuming task while at the same time laying groundwork for future battles with rivals Google and Yahoo!
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Google, the world&#39;s most popular search engine announced the launch of a beta desktop search utility application that goes beyond basic web search.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks with Paul Boutin of Slate about Google.com&#39;s newest service: software that allows you to search your desktop in the familiar way you search the Web.
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Screen shots of an early version of MSN&#39;s desktop search application began circulating on the Web on Monday, indicating that Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Corp. released its long-awaited desktop search technology yesterday, entering a crowded race to dominate information access on Windows-based PCs.
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Microsoft has launched a beta version of an MSN search engine designed to compete directly with Google. MSN Search lets users search through more than 5 billion documents, Microsoft says.
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Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. on Thursday launched a test version of its new MSN Search service, hoping to compete with Google and other major Web search services.
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With Google Desktop Search, users can sift through their e-mail, files, Web history and chats to find information in the same way they search the Internet.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In its bid to displace Microsoft in controlling the desktop, Google on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited desktop search toolbar.
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Google Inc. unveiled a desktop search application that lets users catalog and search through e-mail, files, Web histories, instant message chats and other content on their PCs.