Microsoft aims for search on its own terms
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is conducting research that could help it in its quest to make search a greater part of its Windows operating system. The Redmond, Wash., software giant is experimenting with different search technologies that will, among other tasks, conduct Google-like searches on an individual's hard drive or categorize query results in different ways intended to make the data easier to digest.
In many ways, the research seems geared toward finding a user interface for the storage and database functions in Longhorn, a major Windows update expected in 2006.