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This was just too cool not to share: Put this function into a PowerShell script file named LiveSearch.ps1. Then, dot-source the function into the shell:

. path/LiveSearch

Then, get search results:

$hits = Get-SearchResults “PrimalScript”
$hits alone will display the hits
$hits[0].title displays the first hit’s title
$hits[0].Open() opens the first hit in a new IE window

Neat, eh?

Function Get-SearchResults {    param([string] $searchstring=$(throw "Please specify a search string."))    $client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient    [xml]$results = $client.DownloadString("http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=" + $searchstring + "&format=rss")    $channel = $results.rss.channel    foreach ($item in $channel.item) {        $result = New-Object PSObject        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Title -value $item.title        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Link -value $item.link        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty Description -value $item.description        $result | Add-Member NoteProperty PubDate -value $item.pubdate        $sb = {             $ie = New-Object -com internetexplorer.application            $ie.navigate($this.link)            $ie.visible = $true        }        $result | Add-Member ScriptMethod Open -value $sb        $result    }}

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