One feature in the Deskbar tool that could help Google's pitch is a global command key ('control, alt, G,') that lets people search a term they have highlighted in a Word document, email or within a browser page automatically.
The analyst firm said the initial beta is likely to include long-awaited search and metadata tagging functions but will focus on the new application programming interface (API) set, known as WinFX, and other kernel-level changes.
Monad is a command line interface and scripting language that is similar to Unix shells such as BASH but is based on object-oriented programming and the .NET framework. Five proof-of-concept viruses that target Monad, the next version of Microsoft...
Google expects the search engine will be used primarily as a learning tool to help students and serious programmers, rather than a way to find and copy another person's code. The search engine will allow people to do both keyword search and...
Microsoft is also opening up the application programming interface for Virtual Earth 3D to allow developers to build the search features into their own applications and websites. The virtual billboard functionality comes from Massive, an in-game...
At its annual user conference, the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), RIM said MVS will enable access to PBX functionality through a "new intuitive menu interface" and allow users to have one "Reach Me Anywhere" phone number.