Ever thought “Google is great, but why can’t I search my computer the same way?” Well now you can do just that. The new Google Desktop Search launched in beta 14 October. It seamlessly blends into Google itself. Download the tool and you’ll see a new Desktop search button on the Google home page. Google will then index documents on your computer while it is idle. Selecting the Desktop button for a search brings back hits – almost instantly – from your own computer. Google Desktop Search indexes the full text of emails in Outlook or Outlook Express, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, AOL Instant Messenger chats, cahed IE web pages, any HTML file saved to your computer and plain text files. Wow!
