Consider it Dunn

I swear that Google Desktop has to be one of the most useful net apps that I have ever had the pleasure to install. Today Google Desktop turns 4! No not 4 years old but version 4 was just released and it supports 26 friggin languages! Nice work Google!

For those who are not familiar with Google Desktop, well let me give you a quick fill-in.

Google Desktop is kind of like a Google search engine of your own on your computer. When you download it, the software will ask you a few questions and then begin to ‘index’ (search, read and sort) all of the content on your computer. From word files, to pdf, excel, you name it, this software will read it and allow you to search for it.

Worried about security? Well I am no security expert but I can tell you that I am not worried about it because Google Desktop resides entirely on your own machine, it does not send the information that you index to Google. Your information is private. Still unsure? Check out Google’s frequently asked questions on security for Google Desktop.
As usual there are tons of other gadgets and cool things that you can add but I feel the most important capability of Google Desktop is definitely the search capabilities. But, if you do want a little rundown on the other cool stuff click here.

Just imagine,,, you don’t have to search for another document ever again using that painfully inadequate “find” option in Windows. Windows has many crappy holes in it and I can happily say that Google has plugged quite a few with Google Desktop.
The Google Desktop install is quite simple. Just visit http://desktop.google.com/ and following the instructions

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