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Searching to eliminate personal information management

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Search systems can alleviate the need to organize personal information by helping us find it no matter where we encountered it, what we remember about it, and even if we forget it exists.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 1
Personal information management
January 2006
123 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1107458
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