Blinkx, a company started by Suranga Chandratillake and Kathy Rittweger is pitched a worthy competitor for Google Desktop. This combines the power of local words that are being used by the user and then highlight any new items on the net.Something on the lines of pubsub.com.

With a lot of companies entering the desktop search area, what is expected out of longhorn which is to bridge the file system and the net in a seamless way?
One thing is definitely sure that whatever Longhorn promises, unless it comes out soon, it probably will have the best operating system but not a single customer who would be willing to shift from Blinkx,pubsubs and google desktop’s