As users get used to a desktop search engine, Yahoo is toying with the idea of expanding the tool's indexing capabilities to allow for enterprise-wide searches to be conducted on a corporate intranet.
Microsoft has released a final version of its desktop-search software as it tries to enhance its presence in the burgeoning market staked out by rivals Yahoo and Google.
Companies should not deploy a desktop search tool without first considering the security implications because they could end up helping virus writers, say security experts.
Businesses have been warned by research company Gartner that the latest Google Desktop Beta has an 'unacceptable security risk', and Google agrees.
Google launched a new beta version of its desktop search tool on Monday that features updated Web navigation software and an innovative tool-bar.
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Desktop search apps represent next frontier in jointly navigating the Web and operating system.
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In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.
Easy to use, Copernic Desktop Search locates hard to find photo, music, and document files on your hard drive and CDs.
For about $100, you can index your e-mail and files with the superfast X1 Search -- or you could try one of the free competitors.
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Unless you need library-accurate file searches, DtSearch has perhaps too much power for the average desktop.
With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
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