Globetechnology: Microsoft software hunts for PC files
Microsoft Corp has joined the battle for supremacy in socalled desktop search introducing software for quickly locating files on personal computers that challenges Googles twomonthold rival product
The free software like Googles Desktop Search compatible only with the Windows and Windows operating systems scours and indexes users hard drives so information can quickly be located with a simple query
Microsofts Toolbar Suite lets users search for keywords located in most common document files from emails to instant messages to s just as easily as they might search the Internet...
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The Michigan and Stanford libraries are the only two so far to agree to submit all their material to Googles scanners
The New York library is allowing Google to include a small portion of its books no longer covered by copyright while Harvard is confining its participation to volumes so it can gauge how well the process works Oxford wants Google to scan all its books originally published before
Scanning books so they can be read through computers isnt new Both Google and Amazon...
Google under pressure over desktop search
Analyst firm Gartner has put out a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Googles desktop search tool until a more robust enterpriseready version is released
While the tool is potentially extremely attractive to employees managers should discourage users from adopting it and instead opt for a more a more businessready secure search engine Gartner claimed in a recent research note
We have no problem with it being used for personal use Our concern is when it is used in a corporation we have some security and privacy issues...
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Google Inc is trying to establish an online reading room for the University of Michigan library and four other major libraries by scanning stacks of hardtofind books into its widely used Internet search engine
The ambitious initiative announced late Monday gives Mountain View Califbased Google the right to index material from the New York public library as well as libraries at four universities Michigan Harvard Stanford and Oxford in England
The Michigan and Stanford libraries are the only two so far to agree to submit all their material to Googles scanners...
Google Creating Online Reading Room
Scanning books so they can be read through computers isnt new Both Google and Amazoncom already have programs that offer online glimpses of new books while an assortment of other sites for several years have provide digital access to some material in libraries scattered around the country
But Googles latest commitment could have the biggest impact yet given the breadth of material that the company hopes to put into its search engine which has become renowned for its processing speed ease of use and accuracy...