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Article: Send out the search party.(Buzz)(desktop searching)(Brief Article)
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- Entrepreneur
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Sometimes, your computer resembles the Bermuda Triangle, where files disappear and documents are swallowed by the deep recesses of your hard drive. The built-in Windows search tool isn't the user-friendliest or fastest utility around. To help in your search-and-rescue operations, there are several options for third-party desktop search tool programs.
Blinkx (www.blinkx.com) and Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) are two of the leading options. Blinkx integrates file, web page and news searches into one tool. It can automatically pop up relevant information links based on the content of a document you're working on, or it can be used more like a traditional search ...