Monthly Archives: July 2005

The MSN Desktop Search application is an evolutionary version of the standard Indexing Service that has been shipping as part of Windows since Windows 2000. They both make use of the same IFilter components to allow third parties to add … Continue reading →

Microsoft have included an indexing service in Windows from Windows 2000 and onwards. As part of the indexing service they’ve included APIs to allow third parties to add indexing support for their own proprietary file formats by implementing IFilter components … Continue reading →

A while ago, a group from the University of North Carolina published a paper detailing a system they called FaceTop that makes use of transparent video streams for use in collaboration environments. By using transparent video over the desktop, the … Continue reading →