The Power of Desktop Search — X1 Enterprise

Time for Windows users to rejoice!

X1 Technologies has released its X1 Enterprise Client (formerly X1 Desktop Edition), previously $US75, for free download.

X1 Enterprise Client is a full-featured desktop search application aimed at organisations and enterprise use, with a focus on information security.

It indexes an extraordinary 370 file types including many not generally supported in desktop search apps, such as Adobe Indesign, Microsoft Access databases, vcard files, and more. It also has support for all the regular formats and programs you’d expect: emails, files, documents, attachments, pictures, music files, tasks, and calendar items.

One of the slickest features of this desktop search tool is its ability to preview almost any file type immediately on search.

X1 has close ties with Yahoo. In fact Yahoo Desktop Search is a stripped-down, Yahoo-branded version of X1, with some bundled indexing of Yahoo web services. The company has made the Enterprise Client free of charge thanks to an ad-revenue sharing deal with Yahoo.

This new release is freely available from X1 Technologies’ website.

Give it a try and compare it to other good desktop search utilities, such as the famous Google Desktop, and later let us know your thoughts on it by posting your comments below.