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Microsoft Finalizes Its Desktop Search Software

Posted by Zonk on from the nope-no-influences-here-none-at-all dept.

Smelly Toejam writes "After a five month testing phase, Microsoft has released a final version of its much hyped desktop-search software. Major updates cited include the ability to pick and choose which files to index, and how often." From the article: "Microsoft is vying for new credibility in the multibillion-dollar Web search market dominated by Google and Yahoo--and central to its campaign is the desktop. With its Longhorn launch slated for next year, Microsoft is developing enhanced search software that combines navigation for Web and desktop files straight from the operating system. The toolbar is a step toward that goal."

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  1. Make sure it can exclude items... by rob_squared · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...so that parents can't find your porn.

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    1. Re:Make sure it can exclude items... by oKtosiTe · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or: ...so I don't keep running into my dad's porn.

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      It will happen.
    2. Re:Make sure it can exclude items... by rob_squared · · Score: 1, Funny

      It's best not to think where it comes from. Its when your mom has lesbo porn that you need to start worrying.

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    3. Re:Make sure it can exclude items... by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, I think the far worse scenario is if you found your parents' porn.

      (Especially if it's more hardcore than anything you have.)

    4. Re:Make sure it can exclude items... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Even worse if it was homemade.

      *shudder*

    5. Re:Make sure it can exclude items... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Worst of all is if your parents are the performers!!!

      And even worse than that is if you were the result!

  2. Interesting by oKtosiTe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe this will finally put an end to the market domination of the evil Google?
    ;-)

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    1. Re:Interesting by VJ42 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Google's not evil, it's a big and cuddly company, that just happens to be taking over the world. M$ on the other hand is a big, evil company bent on world domination. ;-D

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      If I have nothing to hide, you have no reason to search me
  3. Only issue is by anandpur · · Score: 4, Funny

    You need to upload your files to M$ cluster for indexing.

    1. Re:Only issue is by travellingmonk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cool! Then I won't even have to do a search, I'll just pick up the phone and call Microsoft and ask them where my file is.

  4. desktop search by Pike · · Score: 3, Funny

    next time I need help finding my desktop I'll give'em a jingle jangle.

  5. Zero interest in this... by Otter · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but since we haven't had a Google story today (And it's nearly noon EDT! And the only Apple "news" is from 1981! Is something broken at OSDN?):

    1) I'm so used to the minimalist Google page that the Google Toolbar banner they're running now is as intrusive as a Punch The Monkey ad.

    2) Are the new Google ads here context-driven? If so, what on earth about "Microsoft Finalizes Its Desktop Search Software" makes their system think "Meet Eritrean Singles" is relevant?

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  6. Doesn't work by The+13th+Duke · · Score: 5, Funny

    This software was unable to find the biro on my desktop. I had to search for it manually and eventually found it on the floor behind a piece of pizza crust.

    1. Re:Doesn't work by jpetts · · Score: 4, Funny

      eventually found it on the floor behind a piece of pizza crust

      You're lucky: mine keep slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they know they can enjoy a uniquely biroid lifestyle, responding to highly biro-oriented stimuli, and generally lead the biro equivalent of the good life.

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  7. Re:Privacy Issue by 14erCleaner · · Score: 4, Funny
    I have tried the Google Desktop Search and I was not impressed with the lack of options.

    Unlike Microsoft, who has a truly impressive lack of options.

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  8. Just one question... by Anita+Coney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the puppy still there?! It's gots to have a puppy! EVERYONE knows that puppies are great at finding stuff. I hope Microsoft doesn't screw this up and use a kitten instead!

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  9. Desktop Search by EnsilZah · · Score: 1, Funny

    I've tried it, apperantly it's just a textbox that says "Right infront of you, dumbass!"