Yahoo to take on Microsoft in desktop search

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Yahoo takes on Microsoft in desktop
search

Yahoo takes on Microsoft in desktop
search 08/06/2004 06:30 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 6 2004 10:39AM GMT

Desktop Search from Yahoo!

Desktop Search from Yahoo! 02/01/2005 09:16 PM
Yahoo releases free desktop search utility.

Yahoo moves into desktop search

Yahoo moves into desktop search 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Jan 28, 11:04 am GMT

Yahoo Desktop Search (beta)

Yahoo Desktop Search (beta) 03/23/2005 11:01 PM
ZDNet UK Mar 24 2005 3:26AM GMT

Yahoo to get into the Desktop Search
Game

Yahoo to get into the Desktop Search
Game 08/05/2004 05:49 PM
"Yahoo hopes to leapfrog Microsoft by releasing a tool that allows users to quickly and easily search for information on their PCs as well as in their personal files stored at Yahoo's online services, a source familiar with the plan says."

Yahoo Expands Desktop Search

Yahoo Expands Desktop Search 03/23/2005 08:23 PM
The company adds indexing of IM and contacts as part of its plans to integrate Yahoo's online services into desktop search.

Yahoo desktop search reaches beyond the
PC

Yahoo desktop search reaches beyond the
PC 03/23/2005 09:32 AM
Yahoo is expected to launch on Wednesday the first upgrade to its desktop search tool, adding the ability to index data from Yahoo's instant messenger archives stored on users' PCs and from users' address books residing on Yahoo's servers.

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Yahoo Adds IM Logs to Desktop Search

Yahoo Adds IM Logs to Desktop Search 03/24/2005 07:30 PM
Yahoo is pulling together a confluence of search capabilities into its desktop search application. A new beta release of Yahoo Desktop Search now includes a feature that sifts through Yahoo Messenger instant message archives and adds Yahoo Address Book contacts to the search index.

Yahoo Readies Desktop Search Tools

Yahoo Readies Desktop Search Tools 08/06/2004 02:46 PM
Source: PCWorld.com - Yahoo hopes to leapfrog Microsoft by releasing a tool that allows users to quickly and easily search for information on their PCs as well as in their personal files stored at Yahoo's online services, a source familiar...

Yahoo Desktop Search Goes Past the PC
(PC World)

Yahoo Desktop Search Goes Past the PC
(PC World) 03/23/2005 09:46 AM
PC World - Utility can now index Yahoo Messenger sessions, online address books.

Yahoo To Lauch Desktop Search in January

Yahoo To Lauch Desktop Search in January 12/19/2004 03:07 PM

Yahoo Readies Desktop Search Tools (PC
World)

Yahoo Readies Desktop Search Tools (PC
World) 08/05/2004 06:00 PM
PC World - Search engine may take on Microsoft with expanded search, including personal files stored online.

Yahoo Desktop Search Adds A Couple of
Formats

Yahoo Desktop Search Adds A Couple of
Formats 03/28/2005 10:29 AM
Yahoo Desktop Search ( http://desktop.yahoo.com/ ) has added a couple of new searchable formats to its beta. The new formats are Yahoo Address Book and Yahoo Internet Messenger. YDS in...

PRODUCT REVIEW: Yahoo Has Slight Edge
Among Desktop Search Programs

PRODUCT REVIEW: Yahoo Has Slight Edge
Among Desktop Search Programs 04/02/2005 10:38 PM
Information Week Apr 3 2005 1:18AM GMT

Microsoft Advances Search to the Desktop

Microsoft Advances Search to the Desktop 07/09/2004 04:43 PM
As the battle to challenge Google's number one position intensifies, the Web is not enough. In a statement on Thursday Microsoft group vice president Jeff Raikes revealed that the software giant is at work to improve customers' ability to find documents, e-mail and data.

Microsoft demos Web, desktop search

Microsoft demos Web, desktop search 07/30/2004 08:19 AM
REDMOND, Washington -- Microsoft Corp.'s MSN group is looking beyond Web search and is also working on a tool that allows users to quickly and easily find e-mail messages, Word documents, and other files on their computers.

Microsoft Confirms No Desktop Search For
Longhorn

Microsoft Confirms No Desktop Search For
Longhorn 08/31/2004 11:37 AM
WebProNews Aug 31 2004 3:54PM GMT

Microsoft Unveils MSN Desktop-Search
Beta

Microsoft Unveils MSN Desktop-Search
Beta 12/19/2004 03:06 PM
Microsoft's MSN on Monday unveiled a test version of its desktop search toolbar, getting right behind Google in addressing the next frontier of search: the personal computer's desktop.

Copernic desktop search takes aim at
Microsoft

Copernic desktop search takes aim at
Microsoft 08/31/2004 04:49 PM
The privately held company today released free desktop search software in a move some see as a test of the product's market viability in what is becoming a crowded field.

Microsoft/MSN Enter Desktop Search Game

Microsoft/MSN Enter Desktop Search Game 06/05/2005 11:27 PM
"MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search officially puts Microsoft in step with search competitors Yahoo and Google, doing good job of making search of all kinds ubiquitous on the desktop."

Microsoft Won't Bundle Desktop Search in
Windows (For Now)

Microsoft Won't Bundle Desktop Search in
Windows (For Now) 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
If you thought Microsoft had decided to integrate its forthcoming desktop search technology into Longhorn, think again. MSN general manager Mark Kroese denied the company has any near-term plans to do so.

Microsoft: Slow going for desktop search
in Windows

Microsoft: Slow going for desktop search
in Windows 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
Microsoft has no immediate plans to integrate new desktop search tools into its Windows operating system, according to an executive with the software maker.

Google Grabs Desktop Search from
Microsoft

Google Grabs Desktop Search from
Microsoft 11/13/2003 03:09 AM
WebTalkGuys Radio Nov 13 2003 1:48AM ET

Microsoft Merges Internet and Desktop
Search

Microsoft Merges Internet and Desktop
Search 07/30/2004 09:14 PM
During its annual analyst meeting Microsoft Microsoft vice president Yusuf Mehdie demoed a new search engine that seeks out information beyond the Web and onto the hard drive. Mehdie showed off a prototype of the technology that was integrated into the MSN Toolbar add-on for Internet Explorer.

Copernic Desktop Search Takes Aim at
Microsoft (Reuters)

Copernic Desktop Search Takes Aim at
Microsoft (Reuters) 08/31/2004 10:00 AM
Reuters - Privately held Copernic Technologies on Tuesday released free desktop search software ahead of expected offerings from Microsoft Corp. and others in a move some see as a test of the product's market viability.

Yahoo and Microsoft detail search
strategies

Yahoo and Microsoft detail search
strategies 05/29/2004 07:36 PM
Internet Search Engine Database-11 hours agoYahoo will use its community of users to deliver more customised search results, something that rivals such as Google and Microsoft will have a harder time ...

Microsoft Hires Yahoo Search Expert

Microsoft Hires Yahoo Search Expert 04/12/2005 05:06 PM
Microsoft has hired away from Yahoo Dr. Gary Flake, the former head of Yahoo's research and development efforts. Flake's area of expertise: Web search.

Microsoft, Yahoo send search signals

Microsoft, Yahoo send search signals 05/28/2004 10:51 AM
ZDNet May 28 2004 2:59PM GMT

Microsoft plucks search exec from Yahoo

Microsoft plucks search exec from Yahoo 04/11/2005 08:40 PM
Blog: Microsoft on Monday said it has hired away Gary Flake, a principal scientist at Yahoo Research Lab and former head of research...

Yahoo! Unveils Yahoo! Creative Commons
Search Beta

Yahoo! Unveils Yahoo! Creative Commons
Search Beta 03/25/2005 04:00 PM

SEARCH WAR '04: YAHOO TO DROP GOOGLE AS
PRIMARY SEARCH TECH

SEARCH WAR '04: YAHOO TO DROP GOOGLE AS
PRIMARY SEARCH TECH 01/07/2004 07:00 PM
Yahoo Gets Set to Give Google Run for Money

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Ask Jeeves smartens search; Yahoo China
launches search

Ask Jeeves smartens search; Yahoo China
launches search 06/21/2004 01:58 PM
Investors Business Daily Jun 21 2004 6:31PM GMT

Yahoo Showboating New Yahoo Search
Technology

Yahoo Showboating New Yahoo Search
Technology 04/19/2004 09:47 PM
Search Engine Journal Apr 20 2004 1:48AM GMT

New Version of Yahoo! Desktop

New Version of Yahoo! Desktop 03/27/2005 02:33 AM
Seach Engine Showdown Mar 27 2005 6:01AM GMT

MSN Desktop Search

MSN Desktop Search 03/23/2005 11:01 PM
ZDNet UK Mar 24 2005 3:27AM GMT

Desktop Search: It's Getting Serious

Desktop Search: It's Getting Serious 12/19/2004 03:37 PM

MSN Desktop Search on the Horizon

MSN Desktop Search on the Horizon 08/04/2004 03:04 PM
MSN is eyeing more than Web search and will roll out a desktop search offering by the end of the year, exec tells search conference.

google's doing desktop search?

google's doing desktop search? 05/19/2004 11:50 AM
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Where was desktop search when we needed
it?

Where was desktop search when we needed
it? 02/01/2005 08:52 PM

Desktop search engines are sprouting like weeds. Google's showed up in October, then Microsoft's in December, and now Yahoo's this month.

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For lots of people I know, any one of these choices will produce a life-changing productivity boost. For me, though, that's no longer true. The Gmail experiment has become a lifestyle choice. I still maintain a local Outlook mail store, and it's indexed several ways, but I rarely need to search it. Similarly, most of the documents I create -- InfoWorld stories, Weblog postings -- are pushed to the cloud and are searchable there.

Few of you can or should live in the network cloud to the extent that I do. But if you refocus on the corporate intranet, cloud-based storage has compelling advantages. The first and most obvious one is the ability to access your stuff anywhere, anytime, from any client. A subtler point is that documents in the cloud are documents that other people can help you tag and find.

The gating factor for desktop search is metadata. Finding documents based on words they contain is a huge benefit, something we should all have been able to take for granted years ago. But the future isn't faster or prettier full-text search; it's more context and better relevance. And your personal hard drive isn't the garden where these flowers will grow.

Google's PageRank showed us that relevance is a collective judgment. Services such as del.icio.us, Flickr, and Furl are likewise showing us that metadata tagging wants to be a group effort. One of the ironies of desktop search may prove to be that, by the time it went mainstream, the personal hard drive was about to become an endangered species. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

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