Monday, October 18, 2004
Speaking of Google, they release their desktop search software last week (Windows only). It indexes all your files, including E-mails, Internet history, AIM messages, Word docs, etc. on your hard drive and makes them searchable via a small web based search engine that runs on your PC. Users will also notice that it will display a small result summary for your PC when you search on Google.com. Pretty handy if you keep lots of stuff you need to refer to later. But, there is a downside. If you have multiple accounts on your PC, the desktop search will index and display results from all private folders, regardless of permissions. Since it runs for everyone, you can search and find info in anyone else's personal documents. Just a forewarning, but don't let it stop you from trying it out. It's just too damn cool not to.
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