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Will BlackMagic improve searches?

Despite the increasing speed at which terabytes of data can be
scanned for relevant results, finding what you want on the Web,
on your organization's intranet, or even on your own PC isn't
getting much easier or faster, Dan Farber lamented last week.
While major breaththroughs may not be around the corner, a new
search program--BlackBall's BlackMagic--is promising faster and
more efficient PC and network searches. In the wake of Microsoft
postponing the release of WinFS until 2009, could BlackMagic
fill the gap while we wait for Microsoft's end-to-end search
tool? One key difference between the two technologies is that,
whereas WinFS relies on a version of Microsoft's SQL Server,
BlackMagic doesn't even use a database, thereby increasing
performance through minimal overhead. But is it scalable? I
spoke with BlackBall Chief Executive Bob Brown to find out
more about what BlackMagic brings to the search table.
http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2_2-5214217.html