Next-gen browsers: How fast is fast?
A little over a week ago I took a look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 and I benchmarked this latest release against the current browser lineup.
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20.3.2008 Deciphering the Windows Experience Index
Microsoft's new Windows Experience Index hopes to simplify your software purchases.
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28.1.2007 Google, Yahoo, Microsoft adopt same Web index tool
Search engine rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up to make it easier for Web site owners to make sure their sites get included in the Web indexes, the companies are expected to announce Thursday.
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16.11.2006 How fast will be Windows Vista?
Windows Vista is more reliable and faster than the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. Ultimately, these advantages make users more productive and decrease support costs. This paper describes the most relevant Windows Vista features and their benefits.
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Lenovo vows unbelievably fast Windows 7 boots
Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold rush: The PC vendor boasts it has the fastest boot-up and shutdown times.
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28.9.2009 Engineering the Windows 7 Windows Experience Index
We’re busy going through tons of telemetry from the many people that have downloaded and installed the Windows 7 beta around the world.
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20.1.2009 Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?
Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system.
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12.4.2007 MSN Search and Windows Desktop Search Tips & Tricks
Brandon Paddock and Andy Edmonds (Windows Desktop Search team) have sent the word to let us know they're both hosting a 1-hour MSDN Webcast at 1pm (Pacific time, 9PM GMT) today.
They'll be discussing tips, tricks, and hacks for MSN Search and for Windows Desktop Search.
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9.12.2005 Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses
Microsoft is predicting that Windows Vista will be adopted by companies at twice the speed as its predecessor, Windows XP.
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1.10.2006 Windows Vista Search Kills Google Search
Has Microsoft finally gained the upper hand over Google with the launch of Windows Vista? Is this the last we will see of Google search, as the Redmond Company's latest operating system
will be increasingly adopted eroding the market supremacy of Windows XP?
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18.2.2007 Tafiti Search Visualization - Silverlight + Live Search API
What is Tafiti? It is a search visualization website which brings a new user experience to researching (searching and storing results). The source code for www.tafiti.com is available!
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19.12.2007 Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista – Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust
Forget about Windows Vista. And forget about Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft's latest Windows client has been quite sluggish to begin with. This in both consumer adoption and in terms of the performance it delivers.
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27.11.2007 Rapidshare Search Engines to Search, Find and Download Files from RapidShare
Since 2nd of July, RapidShare has removed its download limits and captchas for free user. This means that we can continue downloading files from rapidshare without waiting for an hour when we’ve just downloaded a file.
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15.7.2008 Coders, Search For Code With Google Code Search
Search engines for searching code bases is nothing new, but this time Google did it with
Google Code Search.
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5.10.2006 Windows 7: Federated Search
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search.
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6.1.2009 Windows 7 Hack Brings Build 6801 Closer to Build 6956
Microsoft ensured that the Windows 7 development milestone delivered at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008 delivered less than what it showcased at the two events.
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10.12.2008 Windows 7 Build 7012 Screenshots Emerged and Build 7013 Details
We all are waiting for Windows 7 Beta 1 build 7000 to get release but it seems some one out their already have access to Windows 7 Build 7012.
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4.1.2009 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 7138 Screenshots and Build Details
Yesterday we had posted about Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 under development as reported by wzor.info. This news itself is enough to generate buzz for Windows 7 as it never happened in past where MS has started working on Service pack before releasing final product.
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30.5.2009 Windows 7 RC2 Build 7224 Videos & Build 7200 Screenshots
Lately we have seen many rumors spreading about Windows 7 Release candidate 2. Previously it was rumored that Microsoft had no planning of having Windows 7 RC 2 and may directly come up with Windows 7 RTM.
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1.6.2009 Windows Live to get Product Search
After posting about Windows Live Academic Search last week, yet another new search product has entered our radar. This time it's Windows Live Product Search, and like its cousins Image Search and Feed Search, it too will be integrated into the standard Windows Live Search service.
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11.4.2006 Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2
The search engine in WDS 3.0 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007.
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23.8.2006 Windows Desktop Search 3.01
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.01 is a minor update to Windows Desktop Search 3.0 that adds: support for indexing UNC files, additional support for enterprise deployment, and stability improvements.
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20.2.2007 Windows Live Search 2.0 is Coming!!
As reported by LiveSide, and Softpedia News, Microsoft is holding a three-hour “Searchification” event at its Silicon Valley campus on September 26 that seems like it will be the launch pad for the next version of Microsoft’s Live Search service.
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11.9.2007 Windows Search 4.0 Preview (KB940157)
WS4 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WS4 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
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29.3.2008 Windows 7: Explorer Search overview
Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of the explorer search features.
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15.1.2009 Windows 7 Search for Data Anywhere It Lives
Windows 7 has long evolved past its precursor, Windows Vista. One key aspect of this evolution is the operating system's ability to stretch Windows Explorer well beyond the limitations of a local machine, or even a local network.
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24.3.2009 Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23060 and Build 23420
Two fresh new builds from 230XX and 234XX branch of Windows Mobile 6.5 are out, courtesy Da_G of XDA-Developers.com.
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30.9.2009 Microsoft Shows Off New 'Windows Live Search'
Microsoft has released a preview version of what will eventually become the flagship search engine for the Redmond Washington based software giant. Windows Live Search is the cornerstone of Microsoft's new "Live" campaign, which aims to unite all the companies? web services under a single banner.
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8.3.2006 Windows Vista Advanced search techniques
Windows Vista and Windows Desktop Search 3.01 recognize many advanced query operators that can make your desktop searches super-pinpointed. This document provides an exhaustive list of those operators.
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11.5.2007 Windows 7 M1 Build 6519 vs. Windows 7 M3 Pre-Beta Build 6801
Moving from Windows XP onward to Windows Vista, Microsoft completely overhauled the installation process of the Windows client.
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9.11.2008Microsoft may have hand in Euro search champ
Microsoft Corp.'s $1.2 billion bid for Fast Search & Transfer ASA could put it in the awkward position of leading a project to build a European
search champion to rival U.S. giants such as Google Inc.
Oslo-based Fast Search & Transfer was tapped by the European Commission
in 2006 to lead what's known as the Pharos research project, one of a handful designed to build an advanced-search technology with the help of
European public funds.
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09.01.2008Yahoo's New Build Your Own Search Engine Nips At Google
Ever wanted to take a crack at making a better version of the Yahoo search engine? Now’s your chance.
Yahoo announced a new
initiative Thursday called Build Your Own Search Service, or BOSS. It’s a set of programming tools developers can use to tailor Yahoo’s
search index for their own use.
As part of the program's launch, Yahoo is making its web, news and images index available to developers
immediately. BOSS will allow developers who sign up for a public API key to manipulate rankings and the overall appearance of the search pages, as
well as create mashups of the data with other data sources.
Google actually tried something similar with its Google custom search program,
which basically fed Google search results to your site, but doesn’t match BOSS’ customization.
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11.07.2008Vista Build 5472 Impressions
and Screenshots
A new build of Vista appeared
on connect late yesterday, and
first reports of it are
promising.
Ryan
Hoffman of
Bink.nu had
this to say: "I've gotten
Windows Vista Build 5472
loaded up on my Tablet PC, and
so far so good! It feels fast.
I mean, really fast. The new
blue basic theme is in. The
new Aero cursor theme is
enabled by default. Did I
mention, this build is really
fast?"
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18.07.2006MS offers $1.2 Billion to acquire Fast Search & Transfer
Microsoft Corporation is offering 6.6 billion NOK (or approximately $1.2 billion USD) for the acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer, a leading
provider of enterprise search solutions. FAST’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the cash tender
offer, which will be subject to customary terms and conditions, for 19.00 NOK per share. In addition, shareholders representing in aggregate 37% of
the outstanding shares have irrevocably undertaken to accept the offer. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of calendar
year 2008.
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09.01.2008Microsoft buys troubled "Fast" search engine firm for Web ad serving
In the midst of the world's CES frenzy, Microsoft today announced plans to acquire Fast Search & Transfer, a financially and legally troubled
Norwegian-based software firm offering highly regarded search software for online ad serving...
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08.01.2008Big search company shakeups at Ask.com, Microsoft
As the stakes slide higher in the search technology game, Ask.com's CEO is now leaving that search firm company, just days after Microsoft made a
$1.2 billion bid for troubled search software firm Fast Search & Transfer...
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12.01.2008Microsoft looking to Fast for scale, Web search help
Beyond supplementing Microsofts SharePoint technology, what will
Fast Search &
Transfer, Microsofts latest acquisition target, contribute to Microsofts search products and strategy?
Microsoft and Fast
shared a few more tidbits about potential areas of cooperation during a conference call with press and analysts on January 8.
Microsoft is looking to enterprise-search experts at Fast to help Microsoft scale into śvery high volumeť queries involving billions, not just
millions, of sources, said Jeff Raikes, Microsoft President of Business Systems. Fast also has a śmore sophisticatedť and granular development
platform from which Microsoft will benefit, in terms of honing domain-specific Intranet and Internet searches, Raikes told press and analysts.
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09.01.2008Microsoft Enterprise Search Goes Deep and Wide
New enterprise search solution combines the ease of use SharePoint Server with FAST Search and Transfers high-end filtering and navigation features...
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10.02.2009Announcing the Windows Search 4.0 Preview
Nick White: <...> The Windows Search Team is making available
Windows Search 4.0
Preview - a preview of the next version of desktop search for Windows.
Windows Search 4.0 introduces several improvements
I'd like to call out making search even better in Windows Vista:
- With Windows Search 4.0, the Windows Search Team has fixed
most of the reported bugs causing a majority of distractions users have seen since Windows Vista RTM - many of those bugs were reported by you.
- Great improvements have been made with regards to performance.Even now as Preview, Windows Search 4.0 has query response time about 33%faster
than search queries in Windows Vista RTM.
- The Windows Search Team has extended Remote Index Discovery for PC-to-PC search to work onevery
supported version of Windows. This makes finding information on other PCs running Windows Search 4.0 quick and less resource-consuming. Now Windows
Search can find information shared on a remote PC by accessing an index on that PC - and you will open files only when relevant to your search. This
will also work if the user's profile is redirected.
- The Windows Search Team has implemented Rollback Recovery where your search index
will roll back to the last known good state (this is good in handling disc write errors). If an error occurs, your index isn't rebuilt from scratch;
only the newly changed files are added to the index, making recovery from system errors not as disruptive to the machine or the user
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28.03.2008Windows Live Search beta, new
live.com!
Live.com, the fast,
customizable home page for
Windows Live, also released a
significant upgrade today.
This includes a new design and
features that help users
quickly customize their home
page,
preview
content, create multiple pages
based on their interests, and
add their favorite content
from millions of information
sources and RSS feeds.
For the first time,
Windows Live Search is now
available on Live.com, as are
several new, advanced search
services that include the
ability to add persistent
search results to one?s
Live.com home page, subscribe
to RSS feeds directly from
search results, and view
search results in the advanced
contextual format.
New and updated
gadgets are also available,
including image search, a
clock, Windows Live Favorites,
stock quotes and weather. MSN
Video and MSN Infopane offer
easy access to popular MSN
content.
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08.03.2006Yahoo Unveils 'Build Your
Own' Search
Yahoo on Monday released a
Search Builder tool for
creating customized search
engines based on a select
group of Web sites or specific
search parameters. The new
service is designed to compete
with personal search upstarts
including Eurekster and
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09.08.2006Windows Search 4.0 Now Available
Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages,
music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
The search engine in Windows Search 4.0 is a Microsoft Windows service
that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. You can use this search engine to index a
program's content and to obtain instant results when you search in a particular program.
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04.06.2008Windows 7 build 7032 screenshots leak
As Windows is getting ready for its RC release, we have WinFuture post screenshots of Windows 7 Build 7032, compiled on January 29, 2009 at 6:12PM.
Last weekend Windows 7 Build 7022 got leaked to the internet. Currently the only official build available to testers and the general public is build
7000. There are a few noticeable changes in this build when compared to the (leaked) 7022 build The Home Group also has a new icon Two new
themes - Architectures and Characters are new to this build besides the addition of various new wallpapers.
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11.02.2009Microsoft, Intel build fast, efficient Windows 7 machines
Microsoft has made enhancements to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will speed up applications on machines with Intel's multicore chips,
resulting in better overall system performance and less power consumption.
Hardware hooks in Intel's new chips will help Windows
7 deliver performance gains when running applications like DVD playback compared to Windows Vista, the companies said in a joint press briefing on
Tuesday. The improved performance is accompanied by more efficient power usage, as the OS makes better use of power management features included in
Intel's latest chips.
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02.09.2009Google faces more than just a new rival in Wikia
Google Inc. and other search
engines face far more than
just a new rival in Wikia
Inc.; they face the prospect
of hundreds, even thousands of
new competitors.
The entire
search-engine project that
Wikia is working on will enter
the open-source domain,
drastically reducing the cost
for just about anyone to make
a search engine, said Gil
Penchina, the company's CEO.
Instead of paying millions of
dollars to index the Web and
create the software to build a
search page, new search
companies will find these
items free online thanks to
the open-source and free
software communities.
"In search, it still
costs about $5 million to $10
million to build a site,"
said Penchina during an
interview in Taipei. "We want
to make it possible for anyone
to build a search site for
$500. We don't view Google as
the competition; we view cost
as the competition."
The project, which
was started by Wikipedia
co-founder Jimmy Wales,
consists of four components:
the indexing of the Web,
developing a search engine
application, developing an
algorithm, and having people
filter sites and rank
results.
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10.08.2007Microsoft prepares to auto-deliver Windows Search 4.0 to Vista users
If you notice your hard drive crunching later this month while performing a menial task, fear not: it's just the new Windows Search software creating
an index of your files. Microsoft plans to automatically deliver version 4.0 of the software, formerly Windows Desktop Search, to Vista users...
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22.07.2008Microsoft completes FAST purchase
Microsoft has completed its
$1.2
billion purchase of FAST Search & Transfer and will install the company's CEO as head of a newly formed enterprise search group, it said
Friday.
FAST will become a subsidiary of Microsoft and its research team will be based in Oslo, Norway, according to a statement.
The company's existing sales and support teams will be maintained, and there are no immediate plans to alter pricing or licensing agreements, a
spokesman said.
FAST CEO John Markus Lervik will become corporate vice president of enterprise search at Microsoft, reporting to
Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for the company's Office Business Platform.
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25.04.2008Faroo makes your PC a searchbot
If you're familiar with the grid computing projects SETI and Home and Folding at Home, you'll grok this in an instant:
Faroo takes the idea of a centralized search engine like Google and spreads it out to the users.
With this service installed, your computer becomes a micronode on the Faroo search network.
The benefit to the search company,
Faroo, is obvious: They don't need to build a billion-dollar infrastructure. The benefit to the user, though, is Faroo's key differentiator: The
company will shunt a proportion of advertising revenues to users, based on what their computers are indexing.
The challenges to
getting this to work, though, are legion: How do you get enough users online to build an index good enough for users to actually want to use it? What
about index farms that try to game or hack the system? How do you get users to run yet another resident process on their PC? (For me, a payout of a
few cents a month isn't worth dragging down Windows.)
Also, if ISPs continue their efforts to limit bandwidth to consumers,
Faroo's prospects could be limited as well.
Still, though: Cool, don't you think?
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18.09.2007Norway to be key Microsoft search center
Microsoft Corp. will use its $1.2 billion purchase of Oslo company Fast Search and Transfer ASA to form key, Norway-based research and development
centers for its business search systems, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday.
Microsoft bought Fast in January in an
all-cash deal to strengthen its enterprise search technology in effort to better compete with Oracle Corp. and IBM.
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30.09.2008Windows 7 build 7137 leaked
Barely two weeks after build 7127 leaked we have another fresh leak of Windows 7, build 7137. This time around the build tag is 7137.0.090521-1745
meaning this build is only a week old. As ever the build is available at the usual places but it might be worth waiting until RTM as a lot of Windows
7 torrents have been hit by malware and viruses recently. Microsoft is still on target to finalise Windows 7 over the summer with a general
availability this fall. Un-official wallpaper not included by default, thanks to djlegion for the screenshots.
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