This may come in handy at times.... Jim Downing
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By most measures, Google dominates Web searching. Now you don't
have to be
on the Web to use it.
A new service called GoogleMail gives you e-mail access to the popular
search engine. Just send a message to google(a)capeclear.com with
your query in the Subject line. The search results will be sent to your In
box, usually within minutes.
The service was created by Cape Clear Software, which specializes in
so-called Web services, or software that links online applications with
other programs. Initially it was aimed at users of palmtop organizers and
mobile phones. But in just a few months GoogleMail has handled more than
30,000 queries from a surprising variety of people, said Colin Newman, vice
president for marketing at Cape Clear.
For example, GoogleMail is fielding many queries from places where online
Internet access can be relatively expensive, like Russia and the
Philippines. "People are creating e-mail queries offline and then going
online just to send them," Mr. Newman explained. "Then they disconnect, and
log back on later to download the results."
The service has also drawn interest from blind users, who use special
devices that read them their e-mail. Now those "readers" can handle Web
searches as well.
Because GoogleMail has proved popular, Cape Clear recently introduced
AmazonMail (amazon(a)capeclear.com), which lets users search the Amazon site.
"These services won't change the world," Mr. Newman concluded. "But
they do
suggest a future Web" — one that is a bit more seamless and bit more useful
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