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« on: March 07, 2005, 07:38:47 AM »
Well, it is has actually formally happened the newly advanced Google desk top search tool,  see here Tongue


Google Formally Launches Desktop Search Tool
By REUTERS

Published: March 7, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. late on Sunday made its desktop search widely available as it takes on rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. in the race to help users find e-mail and files stored on computer hard drives.

Google (GOOG.O) in October was the first major search company to roll out a test version of its desktop search offering.

Google Desktop Search locates e-mail, AOL chat sessions and previously viewed Web pages. It also searches various file types, from PDFs and Microsoft Word files to audio, video and photo files.
 
Office workers and other computer users previously had few effective tools for finding documents and e-mail buried on their personal computers. Search companies and others have jumped in to fill that void with the hope of replicating the success Web search has enjoyed.

Other companies, including Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O), Ask Jeeves Inc. (ASKJ.O) and Time Warner Inc.'s (TWX.N) AOL are eyeing desktop search amid the fierce battle playing out in the advertising-supported Web search arena.

Microsoft (MSFT.O), which recently rolled its own Web search product to attack Google's dominant position, has offered its own desktop search tool on a trial basis for the last three months.

Microsoft's desktop search tool, once installed, can be accessed via a Web browser toolbar, the MSN Search Web page and task bar in the Windows operating system.

Yahoo (YHOO.O) in January released the test version of its desktop search product. Yahoo Desktop Search is based on licensed code from X1 Technologies Inc. and enables users to search 200 types of files including e-mail and attachments, text, pictures, music, and personal contacts.

In response to security and privacy concerns, Google Desktop defaults to not indexing password-protected files such as spreadsheets, although users can turn the feature on. Any file that is indexed is searchable, which led to concerns that secure documents could be viewed by anyone with access to the computer where the documents are stored.

Google also gives users the choice to index secure Web pages, such as those that appear during online banking transactions.

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