[Fsfe-uk] A replay of Netscape vs. IE? -- but with a privacy risk

[Paul Mobbs]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3952285.stm

Search wars hit desktop computers

BBC News Online
Tuesday, 26 October, 2004, 08:01 GMT 09:01 UK


Another front in the on-going battle between Microsoft and Google is about to 
be opened.

By the end of 2004 Microsoft aims to launch search software to find any kind 
of file on a PC hard drive.

The move is in answer to Google's release of its own search tool that 
catalogues data on desktop PCs.

The desktop search market is becoming increasingly crowded as Google, AOL, 
Yahoo and many smaller firms tout programs that help people find files.

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