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What is the big deal with searching the hard drives of one's PCs? The file-viewer already knows the type of the files and their other attributes.

Will this search mechanism allow remote parties (e.g., MS) to peek into the contents of one's hard drive?

Endless "technological" sophistication by MS, as long as they can stick their nose deeper into other people's private data or habbits....
Posted by: michael-t   Posted on: 11/24/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Sophisticated Technology  michael-t | 11/24/03
Ahhh....ignorance is bliss...  marksashton | 11/24/03
But arrogance is inexcusable  Fred Fredrickson | 11/24/03
It is the future, but how soon  Len Rooney | 11/25/03
Simple Solution  michael-t | 11/24/03
XP Search  issthatso | 11/25/03
the exciting thing is...  ambiguity | 11/25/03
But...  kray_z | 11/24/03
Oh boy! Overhead!  tjmiller@... | 11/24/03
Kernal  zoltrac | 11/24/03
Kernel?  IT_User | 11/24/03
Hoping...  Martin Marvinski | 11/24/03
Keep Dreaming  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/24/03
GrindinAxTaRupy have you tried Suse?  bhodges_z | 11/24/03
If Windows does it, Linux will copy it  John Zern | 11/24/03
the difference is  ryusen | 11/24/03
Microsoft typically copies others.  DonnieBoy | 11/24/03
Probably more like...  bit_rot | 11/25/03
Wait!  tic swayback | 11/24/03
"vaporware" it is  Richard Flude | 11/24/03
A call to all major universities  DonnieBoy | 11/24/03
science  tic swayback | 11/24/03
This is not ROCKET Science.  DonnieBoy | 11/24/03
ms will not monopolise  lmaxwell | 11/25/03
Search can ba LOT better...and MS can help  marksashton | 11/24/03
do you think  lmaxwell | 11/25/03
Sounds like a much needed feature . . . as long as they don't . . .  Plain Logic | 11/24/03
What happened to WinFS  nucrash | 11/25/03
Searching + more hardware & OS upgrade  crocd | 11/25/03
cool  lmaxwell | 11/25/03
imagine  lmaxwell | 11/25/03
Big Brother....  MeadMkr | 11/25/03
Snoops, Hackers, Governments, etc.  Sceptical Observer | 11/25/03
...worried?  ambiguity | 11/25/03
For the love...  spinit | 11/25/03
For those of interested in Prior art  rthom49878@... | 11/25/03
Microsoft can only find itself...  msdead | 11/25/03
Where's Bit? Suffering keyboard stress syndrome?  MacCanuck | 11/25/03
Balance Query and Search  pvn | 11/30/04

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