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Microsoft previews new search tool

By Tris Hussey••1 min read
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Update on all the buzz on deep search tools. Looks like Microsoft must feel like the heat is on. I wonder if Google will preview its tool soon? One can only hope.

Lookout, mention in the article, is really cool and extremely fast. If you didn’t download it by now, unfortunately you’re out of luck. They have stopped offering the download. I must have caught it on the last day (the day Microsoft announced the purchase). I think it is likely Lookout is powering this demo. And given how well it’s been working for me, there’s good potential for this new tool.

Yahoo! News - Microsoft Demonstrates New Hard Drive Search Tool

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), which is challenging market leader Google Inc. in the online search market, demonstrated for the first time on Thursday a search engine that looks for information on computer hard drives as well as information on the Web.

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About Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey is an AI Enablement Consultant, Chartered Marketer, author of 3 tech books, and higher education instructor. He helps mid-sized businesses turn AI from a distraction into a practical, revenue-generating engine.

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