Senate set to restrict Gmail news
Californias state Senate approved the firstofitskind bill by a vote of 248 to restrict how Mountain View Californiabased Googles upcoming free Gmail service could work once it is available in wide distribution
Googles Gmail service which will be supported by advertising and be free for users when it is launched to the public is currently in beta testing
Google had intended the service to scan email for key words and concepts and use them to place targeted advertisements in personal messages
The bill by Democratic State Sen...
The 'search' war begins news
Yahoo Inc will use its community of users to deliver more customized search results something that rivals such as Google Inc and Microsoft Corp will have a harder time doing Chief Executive Terry Semel said
Microsoft meanwhile said that it is planning to extend its new Web search technology currently in development to include search for information contained on personal computers emails and databases
Google is reportedly working on a similar feature to allow searches on local hard drives on s while it is already locked in competition with Yahoo in the local search segment...
cooltech.iafrica.com | tech news New Microsoft technology to search web, PCs, email news
Microsoft will soon release technology that takes search functions far beyond the internet allowing users to pour through emails personal computers and even big databases to find the information they want a top executive said
The system being developed by Microsofts online division will as far as the consumer is concerned be an endtoend system for searching across any data type Yusuf Mehdi head of Microsofts division told analysts at a Goldman Sachs internet conference in Las Vegas Wednesday The speech was broadcast over the internet...
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Microsoft is looking beyond Internet searches heading into its battle with Google with technology designed to allow people to scour their emails personal computers and even hefty databases for information
The search system will give consumers an endtoend system for searching across any data type Yusuf Mehdi head of Microsofts division told analysts at a Goldman Sachs Internet conference Wednesday in Las Vegas His remarks were broadcast online...