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News Both companies are working on desktop search tools, and Microsoft is pushing its MSN Search service as an alternative to Google. Google has hired the lead programmer of the Firefox web... [26 Jan 2005]
Google fixes Gmail flaw
News Worms have used Google's search engine to find potentially vulnerable hosts on the internet, and flaws in the company's desktop search program left computers that ran the software open to attack. A... [13 Jan 2005]
Yahoo! dives in to desktop search
News has put its stake in the desktop-search ground following rivals Microsoft, Google and Ask Jeeves, which all did so late last year. Sherman said the sorting feature is stronger than what's available... [11 Jan 2005]
"We want Britney" say web surfers
News If the term "zeitgeist" is applied as it is defined -- an era's intellectual, moral and cultural climate -- then it is clear from Google's annual report bearing the same name that the web is a society dominated by... [24 Dec 2004]
Apple tries to cage loose Tiger
News Desktop search has become a crowded field, with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and others working to release software that can scour a user's hard drive. Apple filed suit this week against three developers it... [22 Dec 2004]
Google plugs desktop search hole
News Google has fixed a flaw that allowed hackers to search the contents of a PC running its desktop search tool. A Google spokeswoman said: "We were made aware of this vulnerability with the... [20 Dec 2004]
MSN takes desktop battle back to Google
News Microsoft has long planned to introduce technology for mining files on the desktop, but it has come later to the market than its top search rival Google, which introduced a beta service in October. and... [14 Dec 2004]
Google Suggests the way to search
News The company recently launched a specialised search function that can scan for scholarly literature, and a desktop search feature allows users to scan their PCs using Google technology.... [13 Dec 2004]
Yahoo! fashionably late for desktop search party
News and Google, the desktop could also eventually be a new venue for delivering contextual or personalised advertising. In a step to keep pace with chief rival Google, Yahoo! In October,... [10 Dec 2004]
Kazaa 'could have been designed to spy on users'
News Even in the case of a high volume distributed system such as Google, statistics are collected". Kazaa Media Desktop [KMD] could easily collect statistics that could be gathered at supernodes if it does... [07 Dec 2004]
Mozilla puts Outlook in the firing line
News In addition, some consumers have migrated entirely to web-based email sites like Microsoft's Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Google's Gmail. Those sites increasingly are trying to match the desktop applications'... [02 Dec 2004]
Google takes centre-stage on Firefox
News That could play nicely into Google's recent push into desktop search. Google and Mozilla may or may not be working on a web browser together, but the two are cosier than ever with... [12 Nov 2004]
Firefox readies next moves
News Rumours have swirled about a possible collaboration between the open-source group and Google. Companies like Google, Vivisimo and Copernic make search applications that comb through all the information... [10 Nov 2004]
Google picks up satellite image firm
News Google also recently unveiled Google Desktop Search, a thin-client application that lets people retrieve email, Microsoft Office documents, AOL chat logs and a history of web pages... [28 Oct 2004]
Yahoo! snags email search company
News has quietly purchased email software company Stata Labs, in what could be an investment in a coming PC search tool to rival Google and Microsoft. rival Google unveiled new technology that allows people... [22 Oct 2004]
