You might be before the year is out.

A new software company named Xonbi (in-box backward, get it?) has developed a useful tool for corralling much of the cumbersome data that makes your Microsoft Outlook so darn slow.

Armed with a little primary investment cash, and a new CEO the company has its sights on larger ambitions, assuming Microsoft does not buy the new company first:

Mr. Bonforte [CEO] imagines that one day when people type a name into the Xobni search box, the software will find e-mail, instant messages and other online communications from that person even if he or she sent those messages on several Web-based services.

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My addiction to Outlook began during college but became especially pronounced when I worked in Boston. It's easily among my most used programs second only to Firefox and my Blackberry if that counts.

Anything that would make the Outlook run a little faster would be a welcomed feature in itself. I gave Google Desktop a chance but it turned out to be more disappointing than helpful. So, if the software was capable of further melding IM, facebook and various other features, with Outlook and make it faster, I would certainly give it a try- perhaps even at cost.