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i agree Linkster - theywould effectively be using their main competitors back end resulst to supply them

MS will be relient on new verions on windows pushing their search feature - with improved results - the results may be extenernal to begin although i suspect they have their algo sorted and need a database to work. This will be dependant on their success (or not) in purchasing a system (just like they have tried to get Google over the past few months).
I cnat see too many people tking this Deskbar feature too seriously either - google's is pretty bad and i cnat see MSN's being much better.