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Apple and MS Battle For Desktop Search Supremacy

Posted by Zonk on from the struggle-of-the-titans dept.

markmcb writes "As Microsoft and Apple go back and forth about who came up with what idea first, it's been hard to tell who the real innovaters are. Michael Gartenberg and Jim Allchin of Microsoft give some fair opinions on the current desktop search battle. While they do give credit to Apple's iTunes for search inspiration and to Apple being first out of the box in the OS race, they both imply that Microsoft will provide more robust features with the release of Longhorn."

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  1. And the winner is... by meehray · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Google!

    Because anything Apple or M$ comes out with will be trumped by Google's next idea or improvement.

  2. Re:searching for good things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "I have searched and have found: http://deansplanet.com/natalie_portman-stripper_po le.html [deansplanet.com] Now all I need are some hot grits."

    Check the inside of your pants after you view that pic.

  3. *back in the lair of MS* by zwilliams07 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bill: Hurry with that Tiger Gold Master download! Damn BitTorrent... 23MB downloaded but over 210GB uploaded.
    Microserf #1: Master, it is downloading as fast as possible.
    Bill: I don't care, we have less than three years to reverse engineer this and sell it to the sheep-errrr Windows Users.
    Microsoft #1 and #2: Yes, Master.
    Bill: Crap that reminds me, did you two patent the whole concept concept of "Searching", "Looking", and "Finding" yet?

  4. Re:M$ FUD, nothing more... by Witsu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't forget about Copernic Desktop Search, its free, and its available today. I think it works well, and unlike the google equivalent its a real win32 interface, not an extension of the google homepage