X1 Desktop Search
X1 creates a desktop search product for Microsoft Windows users.
X1 was born out of frustration. They just could not believe that it was easier to find what you were looking for on the Web than to find a stray email or files on your own computer.
In 2001 Bill Gross reassembled many of the team members who in 1987 created Lotus Magellan — the original PC-based file search product — but this time to create a powerful new-generation search tool that could handle the huge capacities of today's desktop and network storage devices.
Since then they have created find-as-you-type searching and quick background indexing. They've added file and email previewing, the ability to save searches, and more.
X1 is based in Pasadena, California, and includes a team of programmers and business people in Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Canada, and Bulgaria.
X1 is an Idealab Company. Idealab's mission is to create and build technology businesses that can solve big problemsÂ…(like bad search!).