Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:19:38 +0530 From: sheshagiri kulkarni DearAll, Microsoft has created a news search service for its MSN portal called Newsbot (http://uk.newsbot.msn.com/), as its own alternative for Google news. Microsoft service is a test or beta version that culls over 4000 online news resources.Cover news in four languages English, Spanish, Italian and French languages and national news from different countries (United Kingdom, France, Spain,Ital). To fuel the news site, Microsoft has taken help from the San Francisco basedMoreoverTechnologies. Tit for tat: ----------- Google has offered a freely downloadable piece of software that allows users to do a Google search without having to open a browser (like Internet Explorer ).It enables to search with Google from any application without lifting fingers from the keyboard. With this, now user can keep a mini search engine "googling" in a corner, while typing or editing a document. It can be downloadedfrom http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/. Regards Sheshagiri Sheshagiri R Kulkarni Information & Knowlege Management Trainee National Center for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Ph 3942511 sheshagiri@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in