After months of speculation and two "preview" releases, Microsoft has taken the wraps off of its new MSN search engine, the first major competitor to join the big leagues of web search in nearly a year.
According to this IDG News story Google will "gradually" begin to offer POP3 support for Gmail users. Look for it in the "coming weeks. The article also mentions that antivirus scanning and other features are in the works.
Mailwasher is a simple yet elegant email "preprocessor" that helps manage torrents of email and can even turn the tables on pernicious spammers -- sweet revenge! Today's SearchDay isn't about search, but I believe it will hit a responsive chord...