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Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
13 December 2004Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) on Monday unveiled a new, preliminary version of its search tool for finding documents, e-mail and other files stored on personal computer hard drives.
The roll-out by the world's largest software maker comes as its rivals in the search arena, Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) are also introducing desktop search tools to attract more users to their search-related services.
"Our ambition for search is to provide the ultimate information tool that can find anything you're looking for," Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president at the software giant's MSN Internet division, told reporters.
Microsoft is deploying its new desktop search tool through a set of different toolbars that can be installed on the Windows desktop, the Internet Explorer browser and within Office Outlook, the e-mail, contacts and scheduling program.
The toolbar suite, which was launched in beta, or test, mode on Monday, can be downloaded from beta.toolbar.msn.com.
Google, the Web's top search engine, launched its desktop search tool in October and Yahoo said last week that its own tool would debut in January.
Ask Jeeves Inc. (Nasdaq:ASKJ - news), another search provider, bought desktop search company Tukaroo Inc. in June and also has said it will launch sometime this month.
Source: Reuters via Yahoo
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