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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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    I don't get it.
    1. 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.)

  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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    It will happen.
  3. Only issue is by anandpur · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  4. 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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  5. 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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    Have you read my blog lately?
  6. 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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    If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.