keith.evans
October 9th, 2004, 08:39 AM
I was watching a prog on TV and there's this really interesting new search engine in beta phase at the moment. I've downloaded it to 'go for a spin' and I'm pretty impressed with it. You can search your own files, the net and your Emails. I believe it is based on indexing everything, anyway, read the article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/3727138.stm) and the web-site for download and info is here. (http://www2.blinkx.com/overview.php)
Selective quote:
blinkx Gives PC Users Complete Control Over Information on the Web and on the Desktop
blinkx is FREE to download at www.blinkx.com. Once loaded, blinkx continually reviews what you are reading and sweeps the Web and your computer - silently and in the background - to generate links related to the concepts. These links change and refresh as you scroll through your information. By highlighting a word or paragraph, blinkx will restrict its search only to information related to the selected text.
There are two ways to work with blinkx:
* Reactive Search generates recommended links without the user having to do anything - just click the mouse on the toolbar on top of the screen and a pop-up menu provides a collection of links to related information and summaries of their content.
* Proactive Search allows users to click on an icon that rests in the system tray to input ideas using a natural language query (or old-fashioned keywords) to manually search for related concepts. These concepts are delivered according to where the information is available, on the Web, in the news or on your computer. You can even specifically search for things just in your email, or for only Word documents etc.
blinkx Features
blinkx channels scout for information in all the places relevant to you. Links to information are provided through five dedicated blinkx channels:
* General Web sites
* Web-based news sources
* Web-based video and audio sources
* Web logs (blogs)
* Your local hard drive
The company will continually be introducing new blinkx channels dedicated to commercial Web-based information, products and service providers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/keithy397/Links/blinkx.jpg
Selective quote:
blinkx Gives PC Users Complete Control Over Information on the Web and on the Desktop
blinkx is FREE to download at www.blinkx.com. Once loaded, blinkx continually reviews what you are reading and sweeps the Web and your computer - silently and in the background - to generate links related to the concepts. These links change and refresh as you scroll through your information. By highlighting a word or paragraph, blinkx will restrict its search only to information related to the selected text.
There are two ways to work with blinkx:
* Reactive Search generates recommended links without the user having to do anything - just click the mouse on the toolbar on top of the screen and a pop-up menu provides a collection of links to related information and summaries of their content.
* Proactive Search allows users to click on an icon that rests in the system tray to input ideas using a natural language query (or old-fashioned keywords) to manually search for related concepts. These concepts are delivered according to where the information is available, on the Web, in the news or on your computer. You can even specifically search for things just in your email, or for only Word documents etc.
blinkx Features
blinkx channels scout for information in all the places relevant to you. Links to information are provided through five dedicated blinkx channels:
* General Web sites
* Web-based news sources
* Web-based video and audio sources
* Web logs (blogs)
* Your local hard drive
The company will continually be introducing new blinkx channels dedicated to commercial Web-based information, products and service providers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/keithy397/Links/blinkx.jpg