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    Search engine companies agree that their success is contingent on becoming more important in people's daily lives.

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  • MSN offers look at new consumer IM

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  • Yahoo heralds corporate messaging

    Yahoo has unveiled a version of its Messenger service designed to work with corporate portals and business applications.

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    Fed up with paying through the nose for programs? Need to repopulate a system with applications following a disaster? You need our guide to free and low-cost software.

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