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`CHICAGOlAND FINAL EDITION
`NOVEMBER 8. 1998
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`f~ARE SPOTLIGHT
`Fast Tracker puts PC information in easy reach
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`· By James Coates
`TRIBUNE CoMPUTER WRITER
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`This new kid on the block looks
`very classy indeed as software
`that incorporates every file and
`photo on your PC into what
`amounts to a huge Personal Infor·
`mation Manager that puts what
`you need at your fmgertips almost
`as fast as you know you need it.
`Tracker starts out by creating a
`huge index of every file name and
`its content on your machine and
`then retrieves stuff by keyword
`searches. Once created, a search
`- - - - - - - - - - · continues to update its results
`Tracker Pro
`every time you add more data to
`the PC.
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`$so:TOrWindows 95/98
`Documents can then be viewed
`and Pentium 166
`by . selecting each and clicking an
`626-660-2300, www.enftsh.com
`icon. Included are viewers for vir(cid:173)
`tually all major spreadsheets,
`word processors and databases as
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`mats as .jpg, .gif, .bmp ...
`In tests for this review the soft~
`ware was dramatically faster than
`the current category leader Per(cid:173)
`sonal AltaVista, but Tracker eats
`up substantial computer resources
`and works best with 64 megabytes
`of RAM on board a fast Pentium.
`Particularly slick are features
`that index all the e-mail one accu(cid:173)
`mulates in America Online,
`Microsoft Outlook, Eudora and
`others. For heavy AOt" fiiail users,
`who lack all but the most clumsy
`search powers, this feature makes
`the package worth ~ts freight.
`Internet features let you use a
`number of Web search engines
`including AltaVista and Excite I
`and then add hotlinks to Internet
`content to the index of what's on_-~
`your hard drive.
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`Enfish, LLC; IPR2014-00574
`Exhibit 2217
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