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Images: Yahoo plays with Instant Search

Yahoo's new Instant Search Beta tool gives you sometimes off-beat results as you type.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Ap

Yahoo unveils Instant Search Beta, a sure time killer for corporate workers. The simple-looking tool is set up to produce a search result for each key you type. For example, typing "A" brings no results, but "Ap" finds "Associated Press."

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App

Typing "App" yields a surprise.

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Appl

When letters do not find an instant match, the main screen appears.

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Apple

The Apple search is a hit, in this case, but you can always try the "Search the Web" button and get ordinary search results.

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Steve Jobs-Bill Gates

Yahoo's beta version of Instant Search appears to recognize Steve Jobs but not Bill Gates.

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George W. Bush

Entering the name of a public figure will uncover the latest related news stories. The first instant searches found General Electric (Ge) and Geo Storm (Geo).

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Boston Red Sox

The Instant Search on a sports team will give you the latest scores, news and ticket information. First results from "Boston Red Sox" were NIC Bolivia (Bo), Logan Airport Weather (Bos), and Boston.com (Boston).

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