Tag: desktop search

MSN Desktop Search

MSN Desktop Search delivers fast searches, but without a viewer or media player, it still lags behind the competition.

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Google Desktop Search

Google Desktop Search is a slick and speedy search tool for finding information on your hard drive. It lacks a file viewer and media player but is very fast and easy to use.

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Copernic Desktop Search

Easy to use, Copernic Desktop Search locates hard to find photo, music, and document files on your hard drive and CDs.

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Yahoo Desktop Search (beta)

Although still in public beta, we have great expectations for Yahoo Desktop Search, and we like the features we've seen thus far.

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MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search

MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search turns your Windows 2000 and Windows XP into an Apple Mac Tiger.

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Google Desktop Search Beta

Google has joined the burgeoning desktop search market with a public beta. We've had a day or so to play with it -- here's our initial report.

DtSearch Desktop 7.01

Unless you need library-accurate file searches, DtSearch has perhaps too much power for the average desktop.

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Western Digital My Passport Elite (320GB)

Western Digital's My Passport Elite is a great little portable hard drive with an even better warranty to back it up.

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X1 Search 04.09

For about $100, you can index your e-mail and files with the superfast X1 Search -- or you could try one of the free competitors.

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Blinkx

Blinkx searches your desk and the Internet quickly, but its many limitations left us wanting more.

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Google Desktop (Beta)

With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.

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WD Passport Portable 160 GB

Double the capacity and double the price, the new WD Passport offers some extra speed but little in the way of new features.

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Google Desktop 2

Google's new desktop search app includes a sidebar to display your local files, as well as your e-mail inbox and Web journeys.

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Creative Desktop Wireless 9000 Pro

Though we like the Creative Desktop Wireless 9000 Pro's slim design and rechargeable batteries, other desktop sets offer superior comfort and functionality for the same price.

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Google Desktop 4 beta

Google Desktop 4 beta is less clunky than its predecessor and we love the zippy search and creative Sidebar Gadgets. Still, we're wary of handing over our computing habits to Google's servers.

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

If you work with Microsoft Outlook on a daily basis, this upgrade can make scheduling simpler and e-mailing more interesting. Still, we wish Instant Search and e-mail rendering were better.

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Apple Mac OS 10.4.6 Tiger

Apple's 64-bit OS rocks, with built-in features that Microsoft doesn't have, such as integrated desktop search and RSS.

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