CBS Marketwatch is reporting that a Microsoft will soon offer “end-to-end” search. According to the article, the company will release technology to enable users to search e-mail, their hard disks and the Internet.

Combining web search with desktop and email search has been touted as one of the many ‘next big things’. Other major search companies like Yahoo and Google are rumored to be working on their own desktop search solutions. In fact, reports say that Google plans to release a desktop search tool in the near future.