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 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 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 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 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 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 Microsoft to Collaborate for Windows Live Book Search
Windows Live Books Publisher Program enables publishers to easily submit content for inclusion in the Windows Live Book Search index.
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9.6.2006 Ways to Search for Files and Documents in Windows Vista
Searching in Windows Vista has taken a great change, improvement and enhancement in Windows Vista, and integrated into Windows Vista new and improved file and data management that Microsoft called Windows Vista’s new information visualization, organization, and search features.
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15.12.2006 Windows Live Search Head to Leave Microsoft
The Windows Live brain drain continues as news sources are reporting that Windows Live Search vice president Christopher Payne will be stepping down shortly.
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8.3.2007 Windows Search 4.0 (KB940157) Final Release Version
New search engine for Windows operating system, Windows Search 4.0 has been released as complete final RTM version.
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9.6.2008 Microsoft rersponds to Google on search box in Windows Vista
The search box in IE7 is not Microsoft?s. It belongs to the user. Our guiding principle for the search box in IE7 is that the user is in control. Read on for details.
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2.5.2006 Disable and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service
Windows Vista has greatly enhanced its search algorithm where the search process is now not only faster, but users can also easily search for almost all kind of files, documents, pictures, videos, emails and contacts in Outlook 2007, and even commands or application programs’ executables.
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19.9.2007 Windows Search 4.0 Pushed - Automatically to Vista SP1, but Not to XP SP3
Microsoft plans to debut serving Windows Search 4.0 automatically to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 by the end of July.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Search Performance – Superior to Vista SP1 and XP SP3
Get ready for the Windows 7 indexer on steroids, as Microsoft will deliver the first taste of the operating system to the world at the end of this month.
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14.10.2008 MSN Search Spoof
MSN Search celebrates April Fool's with the return of Spoof, the parody tool that uses fake (but hilariously accurate) search results to gently mock friends, bosses, or people who just need to be teased.
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2.4.2006 MSN search down for hours
According to Infoworld Microsoft's MSN search engine suffered an hours-long outage yesterday as results turned to errors.
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7.4.2006 Microsoft looks for better way to search the Net
Internet searching was at the forefront of the technologies that Microsoft displayed on Tuesday at an event intended to showcase the company's research prowess.
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7.3.2007 Microsoft: Use our search and we'll pay you
Microsoft is offering to pay corporations if they get their employees to use Live Search at work, the company confirmed on Friday.
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17.3.2007 Who uses MS Live Search?
". . . it’s mostly people that are searching for files on their own hard drive who accidentally click the ’search the net’ button."
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3.4.2008 Microsofts new search...Yahoo?
Microsoft quietly registered a limited liability company (LLC) last week, which points to the company being poised to make an acquisition or joint venture.
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27.5.2009 MSN Search Toolbar with Antiphishing
MSN Search Toolbar includes Windows Desktop Search, so you can find anything on your PC - documents, e-mail messages. And three handy toolbars make it easy to search the Web or your PC, block annoying pop-up windows, automatically fill out web forms.
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Windows 7: Federated Search
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search: Windows Vista included the enhanced desktop search feature which helps users
to readily locate files, e-mail messages, and other items on their PC . With the release of Windows Search 4.0, the performance of the search tool
improved while adding much-needed manageability features for IT. Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the
scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS
format.
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06.01.2009Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 2 - Building Federated Search applications
In
Part 1, you saw the user experience of
finding and organizing your files in Windows 7.
In Part 2, David Washington and Brandon Paddock show how developers can build
federated search applications that enable you to easily search your organization's intranet or the Web and integrate those search results directly
into Windows Explorer.
The best part is that instead of needing to install software on Windows 7 to get new search providers, you
simply run an XML configuration file to add a search provider to your machine!
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05.11.2008Live Search autosuggestions come to Firefox
The Live Search team today announced that they have officially integrated Live Search into Firefox by popular demand. Microsoft has released a Firefox
addon to get to your results faster via Microsoft Live Search auto suggestions. The addon is available for download here. The addon is based on the
Open Search standard and uses the JSON interface supported by Firefox to retrieve autosuggestions. Microsoft has been integrating Open Search into
their products recently - the most recent one being the Federated Search in Windows 7. Open Search has also been implemented in Internet Explorer 7(&
above) and SharePoint Search.
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30.01.2009New Search Federation Articles on MSDN
Matt Hester's WebLog: Attention all Search enthusiasts and developers. We have published two great papers on search, specifically on search
federation! You can check them out below:
- Creating a Custom Federated Search Web Part with a Credentials UI
This article describes how to create federated web parts
that collect user credentials. This is a requirement to federate to any source that uses per-user credentials (other than Kerberos). - Federated Search Connector Sample
A lesser known fact is that you can
use federation to connect to any searchable repository by writing code to surface the repository as RSS (or any XML). This article
explains how to write code to federate to SQL and provides a code sample. This is surprisingly easy “ just 1 page of code!
Happy Federation Enjoy!
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04.12.2007Windows 7: Explorer Search overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7 Tips and TricksWindows 7: Superbar
overviewWindows 7: HomeGroup OverviewWindows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overviewWindows 7: Easy ConnectWindows 7: Problem Steps
RecorderWindows 7: Action Center OverviewWindows 7: User Account Control (UAC) OverviewWindows 7: Calibate Your DisplayWindows 7: Federated
SearchWindows 7: Device StageWindows 7: Internet Explorer 8 OverviewOver 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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16.01.2009Windows 7: Easy Connect overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7:
User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer
8 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 Easy Connect in Windows 7.
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11.01.2009Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric
improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 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 HomeGroup in Windows 7.
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13.01.2009Windows 7: Superbar Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Windows 7: HomeGroup
Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action
Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage
Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 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.
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15.01.2009Microsoft and Federated Media launch ExecTweets
Twitter has taken the social networking platform by storm, with over 4 million United States visitors in the month of February alone. Major media
outlets like CNN, ABC, ESPN, and MSNBC are just a few organizations that just can't get enough of twitter. With more and more business leaders
and executives popping up on Twitter every day, it's a headache to track them all down. Today Federated Media and Microsoft launched a service
dubbed ExecTweets to help Twitterers find and engage in conversation with business executives. ExecTweets is a platform that aggregates the tweets of
top business executives and empowers the community to surface the most insightful, business-related tweets.
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23.03.2009Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7:
BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows
7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet
Explorer 8 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 Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.
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13.01.2009Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Easy ConnectWindows 7: Problem Steps
Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search
Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 OverviewOver 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 Problem Steps
Recorder. Microsoft has introduced BitLocker To Go with Windows 7.
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12.01.2009Windows 7: Calibrate your display
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we looked into Federated Search. In part two, we looked into the improvements in UAC. In part three, we look
into the new Display Color Calibration tool included in Windows 7. Windows 7 includes the option to calibrate your display. Calibrating your display
ensures that the colors are displayed correctly on your monitor. You can control factors such as gamma, adjust brightness and contrast and color
balance. The wizard is very simple to use and each step has detailed instructions and steps to achieve correct color representation.
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07.01.2009Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Action Center
Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows
7: Internet Explorer 8 OverviewOver 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 Problem Steps Recorder. Microsoft recently
published a demonstration of Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) in action.
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12.01.2009Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) overview
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we looked into Federated Search. In part two, we look into the much criticized feature of Windows Vista -
The User Account Control One of the highly criticized features in Windows Vista is the User Account Control(UAC) which prompts up a dialog box
seeking users' permission to continue or stop whenever a system-level change is made. The problem with Vista is that even the default user account
which is created during the install, who is a protected administrator (unlike in XP where the user is an Administrator), could not bypass the UAC
until its tweaked.
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07.01.2009The .NET Developer’s Guide
to Identity
A roadmap for developers and
architects who want to learn
how to build identity-aware
applications on the Windows
platform. From authentication
and authorization to federated
identity, you’ll discover
techniques that can be used
today and in the future...
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08.07.2006Windows Live Search to Replace
MSN
Windows Live Search will be
brought out of beta this
summer, Microsoft has said.
The change would put the site
as the company's flagship
search engine, replacing MSN
Search and marking the
official beginning of a
transition to the Windows Live
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05.05.2006Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following:Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User
Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchWindows 7: Device StageOver 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 on the new and fresh Internet Explorer 8 browser.
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11.01.2009Windows 7: Device Stage overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following:Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User
Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchOver 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 on the new device stage feature. Device stage promises to be a huge part of Windows 7 and the way you interact with devices and hardware
attached to your system.
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11.01.2009Windows 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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04.06.2008Microsoft Debuts Windows Live
Search
Microsoft early Wednesday took
the wraps off an improved
Live.com homepage complete
with a beta of Windows Live
Search, the successor to MSN
Search. The Redmond company
expects the new site to
seriously challenge Google's
dominance in the search
market...
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