It's only available for Windows (Win XP or Win 2000 SP3+) and works with Internet Explorer or Firefox. As I compose this post, a recent issue of Fortune magazine with Bill Gates on the cover is sitting next to my computer.
Doing some news catch up and came across this interesting item from InfoWorld last week: Google helps promote Windows XP. Google and Microsoft are both locked in a pretty heated battle to win the hearts and minds of searchers, of course.
Google Desktop Search is only for Windows XP or Windows 2000 users -- no news on a Mac version from Google, sorry. As a result, Google should quickly gain new desktop search converts in this latest battleground of the search engine wars -- and on...
Google Desktop Search is only for Windows XP or Windows 2000 users -- no news on a Mac version from Google, sorry. As a result, Google should quickly gain new desktop search converts in this latest battleground of the search engine wars -- and on...
Microsoft has given up on its plan to add "Smart Tags" to web pages viewed by those using Internet Explorer and Windows XP, following bad publicity over the system. Trademark Holders Don't Automatically Win Similar Domain Names, Federal Judge Rules...
They are very Microsoft in this way, making each release slightly better, in the way that Microsoft constantly improves its software (well, in the case of FrontPage XP, they made some terrible backwards moves, says this long-time FrontPage user).
Win-XP Search Assistant silently downloads files The Register, April 11, 2002 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24815.html Overture had a major win last month by extending its initial five-month deal to provide paid listings to Yahoo to an...
Win-XP Search Assistant silently downloads files The Register, April 11, 2002 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24815.html Overture had a major win last month by extending its initial five-month deal to provide paid listings to Yahoo to an...
Win-XP Search Assistant silently downloads files The Register, April 11, 2002 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24815.html It seems unlikely that Overture is going to win, given that Google doesn't have a bid-for-placement product that...
In contrast, when Microsoft suggested its Smart Tags system would be part of the Windows XP operating system, an opt-out system for site owners was planned. Details on Microsoft giving up on its plan to add "Smart Tags" to web pages viewed by those...
