Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines.
The most recent build of Longhorn--Microsoft's next Windows--has some impressive visual touches, including the kinds of translucent objects found now in Apple's OS X, and more powerful ways of finding files. But it doesn't yet exhibit any breakthroughs in productivity, or promised features such as security improvements and smarter connections to handheld devices.
Google Inc. wants to help you effectively access the piles of information you store in the documents, e-mail messages, Web pages, and contact lists stuffed on your PC. And who better to help you than the most popular search engine on the Net, right? Not so fast.
Thomson Financial/First Call is in the midst of rolling out XML tagging software that will automate the indexing of investment analyst reports as part of an effort aimed at giving customers greater data search capabilities.
Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday the release of e-mail and organizational tool Outlook 2002, aimed at streamlining e-mail, scheduling and general tasks for Exchange Server users, the company said in a statement.