xfriend   
http://www.xdot.de

xfriend, the local search engine for your PC xfriend is your search engine for desktop searches at no charge. xfriend's search functionality includes full text search and meta data search. Search results will be displayed within seconds and can be categorized by file type, date, size etc. Additionally, xfriend searches the internet, product catalogues, internet news (RSS-feeds), emails and other search services. xfriend offers a P2P-like search in external shared folders of other xfriend users. Therefore, xfriend enables you to set up a client-server environment easily. At the moment xfriend supports more than 50 file types and their meta-information. For example, xfriend indexes jpeg, mp3, doc, xls, pdf, txt and other formats. xfriend is made on pure Java. It runs on any popular operating system such as Windows or Linux. You just need your webbrowser. Immediately after installation xfriend will be available as a web-service on your computer.

News Pursuit   
http://btsolved.com

News Pursuit is like having your own personal reporter working 24/7 for you, it queries and monitors Yahoo’s, Google's and MSN's RSS news search engines at a selected interval, based on keywords you select.. When a news event is found based on your keywords, it compares the news headlines with what is in its archives.. if it is not in the news archives it will alert you based on your choices for that keyword via a popup desktop alert in a selected color and duration, play a selected sound file and email you a summary of the news articles it has found with links to the full article. News Pursuit also has a manual on demand search option that allows you to specify the date range you are interested in. You can also sort the news by title, description, date, URL and time. You may never use a search engine again or waste time going to different websites for news, as News Pursuit serves your news to you on a silver platter.

Ozum   
http://www.ozinsight.com

Powerful newsreader/Usenet file downloader with cross-group search. Only Ozum lets you preview/listen individual parts of multipart audio/video files before downloading and assembling the whole file. Includes a built-in viewer for images, programmable automatic news scanning robot and freeware autoposter. Features: 1) Fast cross-group search and active binary groups directory; 2) Preview of individual parts of video/audio files; 3) Full yEnc support - reading and posting; 4) Automatic processing of rar files and recovering files posted with parity sets (par); 5) Automatic constructing and posting of image indexes; 6) Automatic building and posting CSV files with collections; 7) Automatic recognition of multipart posts with the option to download one or all parts; 8) Automatic assembling of multipart posts; 9) Preview of images before downloading using indexes posted by other Ozum newsreaders; 10) Message filters; 11) Easy to use drag-n-drop interface for downloading and posting; 12) Automatic decoding and posting of binary files; 13) Support of encrypted (SSL) connections; 14) Automatic splitting of large files when posting; 15) Programmable timer; Job Monitor; 16) Resource (traffic, on-line time) spending control; 17) Automatic establishing of Internet connection in programmed mode; 18) Unlimited number of projects - customised working environments; 19) Unlimited number of news servers; 20) Unlimited number of groups; 21) Unlimited number of articles; 22) Run several downloading/posting jobs concurrently; 23) Two-level optional password protection for kids and from kids; 24) Easy and intuitive Windows Explorer like interface; 25) In-built picture viewer; 26) Thumbnail and article directory views and file sorting; 27) Comprehensive Help manuals and tips on the Web site; 28) Freeware autoposter.

Email Spider   
http://www.troyeesoft.com

Advanced and powerfull tool for extracting email, page title, page URL from website, popular search engines (google, altavista, excite, yahoo, infoseek etc.) using keywords for targeted consumer, internet marketing, website promotion, list management and research. You can build business mailing lists for email marketing, advertising. Using Email Spider you can not only limit spdering depth, you also can cut off unnecessary text or phrases during extraction. It is very flexible and can be used to extract data from internet using file containing list of urls. You can filter the extracted email with Email Spider according to your business needs. You can also save data in different format (csv, html, Excel or plain text).

Effective File Search   
http://www.sowsoft.com

Effective File Search (EFS) is a powerful but easy to use search tool. Search any files on your computer or local network. Search in folders or results. Support of all popular file formats (MS Office files, PDF, RTF, HTML and many other text and binary files). Search filters include date and size, containing text or hexadecimal codes. You may use Boolean operators to perform multiple keyword searches. All results and parameters can be saved to file. Other features include export, Windows Explorer functionality (icons, context menus, drag and drop) and file operations (copy, rename, delete etc.). You can automate many search and file management tasks and save a lot of time.