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Microsoft's desktop search tool
SEATTLE,
DEC. 14.
Microsoft Corp. on Monday joined the battle for supremacy in so-called desktop search, introducing software for quickly locating files on personal computers that challenges Google's two-month-old rival product.
The free software — like Google's Desktop Search compatible only with the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems — scours and indexes users' hard drives so information can quickly be located with a simple query.
Microsoft's MSN Toolbar Suite lets users search for keywords located in most common document files, from e-mails to instant messages to PDFs, just as easily as they might search the Internet. Google's rival product does not support searches for keywords in PDF files but, unlike the Microsoft product, does have a "photographic memory'' of the computer, recording all Web pages viewed by the user in addition to e-mails and instant messages.
Both products are so-called beta versions, meaning the company acknowledges there may be flaws. Desktop-searching has become an incredibly competitive field. Yahoo last week announced plans to launch its version in January; Ask Jeeves plans to announce a service this week; and AOL is expected to offer desktop-searching early next year. — AP
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