desktop-search

Via my friend Todd Bishop at the PI, Google raises Microsoft antitrust concern. I’m linking to his story since the original NYT post requires registration, which is absolutely l4m3.

According to the New York Times report, Google has complained that computers slow significantly when running both Windows Vista’s built-in desktop search program and Google Desktop Search. The behind-the-scenes indexing needed for desktop search programs can drag on computing resources.

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I loathe the ineffectiveness of Windows Desktop Search (and the bloated nature of just about any piece of Google desktop software). Sadly, Copernic Desktop Search does not run very well on Windows Vista in conjunction with Outlook 2007. I finally got around to uninstalling it a few minutes ago, and was promptly redirected to a feedback page on Copernic’s site.

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