Google Launches Desktop Search Tool

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Google Launches Desktop Search Tool

Posted by michael on Thursday October 14, 2004 @03:32AM from the finding-it-with-both-hands-and-a-flashlight dept.

hanky writes "Google brings search to your very desktop with Google Desktop, a mini Google index of your own. Search your filesystem, Outlook or Outlook Express inbox, AIM instant message transcripts, and Internet Explorer cache. There's a full introduction to the Google Desktop over at the O'Reilly Network. It's Windows-only, but still cool enough for this Mac guy to find it intriguing."

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Holy crap its good. by VC · 2004-10-14 03:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Thanks to me being a slashdot subscriber ive now had this for 6 mins and can offer a 6 minute review.

GOOGLE DESKTOP HAS CHANGED MY LIFE!!!

i achived in the past 5 minutes more than the previous 3 weeks. It found my car keys (they were under the pile of oreily books)!!!

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Re:The horns of a dilemma... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-14 03:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Outlook 2000+, Outlook Express 5+, IE5+, and AOL IM... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany.
might not be a good thing by kevinx · 2004-10-14 03:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Now my wife could easily find out if I've been downloading porn.

Great intention, bad Idea.
No Mac, No Thanks by Power+Everywhere · 2004-10-14 03:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Come on Google, PowerPC users are a significant share of your audience.

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Holy pop culture reference! by irokitt · 2004-10-14 03:42 · Score: 5, Funny

It helped me find a girlfriend! Thank you Google Desktop Search!

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1. Re:Holy pop culture reference! by AbbyNormal · 2004-10-14 04:24 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It helped me find HIS girlfriend too! Thanks again Google Desktop Search!
  
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2. Re:Holy pop culture reference! by kkovach · 2004-10-14 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Ya mean something like this?
  
  Results...
  
  1.) Jenna.jpg
  2.) Janine.jpg
  3.) etc...
  
  - Kevin
  
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Re:The horns of a dilemma... by Bun · 2004-10-14 03:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Read myself journal when you are not understand. I am German and don't attack English!

Buddy...if that isn't an attack on English, I don't know what is.

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Re:Requires 1gig free space! by illuin · 2004-10-14 03:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Only one possible conclusion to be drawn: Google Desktop must contain a trojan distributed file system which provides the storage space for GMail ;-)

It's just a little game of give and take (a gig)
Re:The horns of a dilemma... by xanadu-xtroot.com · 2004-10-14 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

...so worthless if you have Windows ME.

I think you put the word "worthless" in the wrong spot in that statement...

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indeed, might not be a good thing by AvantLegion · 2004-10-14 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Now you can easily find out I've been talking dirty on AIM with your wife.
Great intention, bad Idea.
Searching for porn.. by blekkazzen · 2004-10-14 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a lot less fun when your Google search finds your OWN porn.