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Microsoft In New Web 'land Grab'
News Technically, Microsoft added a feature that resolves DNS (domain name system) errors to its autosearch tool, exploiting a function of the Web browser that lets operators wire the address bar to a search engine.
[September 6, 2001, 9:23]
Google UK Launches Maps And Local Search
News For example users in Soho, London, searching for a bar in their neighbourhood, enter the keyword "Bar", plus their postcode or "Soho" into the search fields and Google local search produces a list of nearby bars.
[April 20, 2005, 13:00]
Google Launches Finance Beta
News Users have been able to get a stock quote by typing a ticker symbol into the Google search bar. Now the Google Finance page will be one of the top links on the results page when a ticker symbol is typed in the search bar.
[March 21, 2006, 8:50]
Firefox 1.0PR: A First Look
Talkback On the Google bar in FireFox - you CAN add multiple search engines to use (see the "Add Engines" menu item from the search bar drop-down) Its rebuttal time: Tabbed MDI, standard OS interface: Remember that the "Internet thingy" is shown in one window
[September 17, 2004, 0:42]
Renegade IE 6 Postings Have Microsoft On Edge
News Another icon opens a search bar that delves into Microsoft's Expedia travel site. An Explorer Bar, which previous versions of IE have included, offers expanded choices, including links to Microsoft properties MSNBC News, MSN Search and Encarta...
[January 30, 2001, 8:37]
Windows Live Search Has Arrived
News The new features are intended to help simplify Internet searches, such as the scoping bar on the top of the page that keeps the information from a previous search so the next search is done in the context of the first.
[September 12, 2006, 9:30]
Yahoo Offers 100MB Of Email Space
News The product will give greater emphasis to a mail search bar at the top of the page. Unlike Google, the Yahoo search bar will not search email text to serve advertisements, but will allow people to more easily hunt for buried correspondence.
[June 15, 2004, 8:30]
Antitrust Concerns Prompt Vista Search Changes
News As you start typing there in the search box, currently there is a dark blue bar with buttons that say "save search" and "search tools. The second place is in the command bar in windows within Vista's explorer navigation system.
[September 13, 2007, 8:36]
IE5 Launch: Why Jesse Berst Is Abandoning Netscape For IE5
News Convenience: IE 5 has a cool new radio bar that sits right under the address bar and includes play/stop and mute buttons, a volume dial and a drop-down menu. Auto search. Navigator offers stronger links to valuable Web services -- key word search...
[March 18, 1999, 7:52]
A Year Ago: IE 5.0 Beta Released To The Public
News The browser will let users type in a keyword in the address bar, instead of a Web address. There's now a "GO" button next to the address bar. Search assistant. The feature automatically queries different search engines, depending on whether the...
[November 5, 1999, 6:11]
US Report: IE 5.0 Beta Released To The Public
News The browser will let users type in a keyword in the address bar, instead of a Web address. There's now a "GO" button next to the address bar. Search assistant. The feature automatically queries different search engines, depending on whether the...
[November 5, 1998, 11:15]
'Social Browser' Joins The Party
News The free browser has a photo bar that runs across the top. People can also drag and drop images onto the display bar. Other features include integrated search, which lets people scan their desktop and Yahoo Search at the same time.
[August 4, 2006, 9:25]
Search Sites Sport Shortcut To Flight Status
News Yahoo lets people call up listings for Yellow Pages, weather and maps directly from the search bar with corresponding commands. Yahoo and Google are offering new search tricks for Web surfers, with the ongoing goal of becoming indispensable.
[January 12, 2004, 8:40]
Windows Vista Beta 1: Screenshot Gallery
Talkback Take the 'Spotlight' search bar underneath the Start Menu -- this is clearly a new idea brought in by Apple with OS X Tiger. Microsoft tend to copy ideas from their competition. I'm currently running Windows XP Home Edition on my Desktop PC and Mac...
[March 2, 2006, 8:39]
IE Flaws Open Back Door To Adware
Talkback This happened to my computer, not sure what i clicked on that opened it but it installed the search bar and I cant remove it after a million aimless attempts. It doesn't allow me to remove it from add/remove programs because its NOT listed there.
[June 11, 2004, 8:13]
Google Raises Bar With New Browser Tool
Talkback where to find the google search bar and download?
[August 20, 2003, 16:54]
Half Search By EbaY
Downloads Besides looking really cool, the Half.com desktop search bar (Sidebar gadget) for Windows Vista is easy to use and is built for speed. By the makers of ebaYHalf.com is a combination of 50% auction searches and 50% set price searches from ebaY.com.
[April 20, 2008, 23:01]
Viral Marketing Has Virus-like Effects
Talkback internet optimizer also redirects your error page to www.internet-optimizer.com and when you search in the address bar it will send you to www.yoogee.com i can not find any fixes posted for this any where, or any web pages where it is even...
[January 7, 2004, 11:49]
Google Pilots 'Suggest' Feature
Talkback In addition, someone already hacked together a proof-of-concept extension for firefox to add this functionality into the search bar. This is a really neat feature. Check it out: http://www.loconet.ca/ .
[December 18, 2004, 17:16]
Windows Vista February CTP
Talkback Two stories regarding Windows Vista,both contain "Check Prices",yet both links go to a page with nothing but "Sorry,no info on subject your searching for".Keying in Windows Vista in your search bar leads you right back to same page.What's with that?
[February 27, 2006, 11:30]
