Ask Jeeves Previews Desktop Search Tool
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| Wed, 12-15-2004 - 3:25pm |
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118932,tk,dn121404X,00.asp
first few paragraphs from the article:
"Ask Jeeves will launch a test version of its desktop search tool on Wednesday, following the launch of similar tools by rivals Microsoft on Monday and Google in October, and ahead of expected entries from America Online and Yahoo.
Ask Jeeves' application, called Ask Jeeves Desktop Search, is small at 750KB and can be downloaded for free, according to a statement from the Emeryville, California, company. The release of the beta follows this fall's announcement by Ask Jeeves of its revamped search engine.
MSN announced the beta version of its desktop search tool on Monday as part of its new MSN Toolbar Suite.
Designed to let users find files and information stored in their PCs, Ask Jeeves Desktop Search indexes and retrieves a variety of files, such as Microsoft Office documents, Microsoft Outlook e-mail messages, multimedia files, and applications."
Lots of competition. I'm not eligible for most of this toolbar stuff, being on a Mac. Probably just as well, though, considering some of the negatives about using such toolbars, that I've read here...
Anyway, just a heads up for anybody interested. :)
Gypsy

Most people know that I am not a fan of bars of any kind some are, say they are clean and safe but I don't like the idea of them taking up my CPU for something I can do easily anyway.
If you really think you need any of these ok, but just think about them first.
They can be memory hogs......they do access the internet almost constantly.....
http://www.mweb.co.za/hubs/security/safetyTips.aspx
Just be sure before you download that it is something you really want. Read the privacy and security of anything you download......
Janet
Excellent advice! :D I've never d/l toolbars, even when I had a PC. I certainly wouldn't start now. I want my RAM for what *I* want it to do, LOL! :P
Gypsy
Blessings,
Gypsy
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