Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Yahoo Desktop Search Out of Beta:
"By Susan Kuchinskas
Yahoo (Quote, Chart) has released its Desktop Search to the public. The product, which was released in beta in January, now includes LiveWords contextual search.
LiveWords lets users initiate a Web search from within a file or document on the desktop. Highlighting a word and then clicking the new LiveWords button delivers what Yahoo calls a 'search snack.' The search snack is a small sampling of Web search results.
Yahoo originally built the LiveWords feature into Yahoo Messenger instant messaging.
Yahoo now claims to search over 300 different file types, up from 200 when the beta was launched. Searchable file types include attachments, documents, music, images, video, the Yahoo Address Book and Yahoo Messenger archives..."
"By Susan Kuchinskas
Yahoo (Quote, Chart) has released its Desktop Search to the public. The product, which was released in beta in January, now includes LiveWords contextual search.
LiveWords lets users initiate a Web search from within a file or document on the desktop. Highlighting a word and then clicking the new LiveWords button delivers what Yahoo calls a 'search snack.' The search snack is a small sampling of Web search results.
Yahoo originally built the LiveWords feature into Yahoo Messenger instant messaging.
Yahoo now claims to search over 300 different file types, up from 200 when the beta was launched. Searchable file types include attachments, documents, music, images, video, the Yahoo Address Book and Yahoo Messenger archives..."
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