Yahoo launches its desktop search tool (beta)

Posted on Tuesday, January 11 2005 @ 19:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Some time ago Google, Microsoft and Ask Jeeves launched tools to search e-mail and other files on their PCs and today Yahoo started offering a beta of its desktop search tool on its website that is compatible with more than 200 filetypes.

The search engine companies say that this kind of tools is becoming necessary to locate important files on hard disk drives that are becoming larger and larger.

Also the need to search through e-mail is becoming bigger. A survey from the Radicati Group discovered that up to 45% of businesses' critical information is stored in e-mails and attachments.

It doesn't yet incorporate web searching, although Yahoo has promised that future versions will allow users to search both web-based and desktop data.

Source: BBC

The desktop search tool from Yahoo can be downloaded here

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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