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Google Adds Features and Plugin to Desktop Search

Posted by timothy on from the those-guys-are-everywhere dept.

Matthew Bischoff writes "Today Google added new features to its popular desktop software. Google Desktop now supports alternative Netscape based browsers like Firefox, PDFs, images, video, and music files. Google also added a plug-ins feature so that developers can integrate their software into the Google Desktop catalog. Another new addition is a supported way to search from Google's deskbar software. It's probably a matter of time until we see desktop search integrated into all of the Google products including the controversial Google Toolbar 3." Google Desktop is also officially now out of beta.

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  1. Nothing to see here? by freitasm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Clicked on the Read More link and got "Nothing to see here, move along"... Is this a cache mechanism?

    1. Re:Nothing to see here? by soda160289 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      n00b, n00bie n00bie n00bie. Ultra noob, super noob. noob noob noob noob noob noob!! NOOB NOOB NOOB NOOB NOOB NOOB

  2. This just in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google served up a search response today. Discuss.

  3. Someone please tell me by Mantorp · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Since I'm too lazy.

    Can you search mapped network drives yet or just local hard drive?

  4. Re:You want to know what the catch is? by insomaniac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    think of the crazy shit you've searched for late on a Saturday night

    The only thing I search for on a sat. night is for the cutest girl in the club/bar where I'm at and I doubt google has that "query" saved somewhere... ;)

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    The way to corrupt a youth is to teach him to hold in higher value them who think alike than those who think differently
  5. Re:Martini Recipe Please by prockcore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    2 oz gin + dash vermouth.

    Olive.

    Glass.

    Might as well ask google how to make ice water.