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14 February 2004

SEARCH AND MAGNIFY

Finding what you want on the web would be far easier if your search engine returned more than just a couple of lines of each page it finds. But how can you do this while still leaving enough room on your screen for you to view a useful number of search hits?

Software called Wavelens developed by Microsoft Research of Redmond, Washington, has managed to do both at the same time. Initially, it displays each hit as just a couple of lines, like a normal search engine listing. But when you move the mouse cursor to hover…

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