Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
Microsoft Corp. 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.
Source: ReutersThe roll-out by the world's largest software maker comes as its rivals in the search arena, Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. 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.
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