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Google Releases GDS 2.0

Posted by Hemos on from the transmorigying-data-services dept.

FansofTech writes "Google (now $4bn richer) has released v2.0 of Google Desktop. Many new features are introduced including improved Outlook filtering, Gmail indexing, and the feature which is most likely to cause the largest stir...a new Sidebar which displays RSS feeds, a Gmail inbox, news, scratch pad and more. Plug-ins for the new Sidebar are also available including a to-do list, clock, and more. As one blogger pointed out this morning...the release of Google Desktop 2.0 is beginning to take shape as a browser in itself as the need for a Firefox or IE is almost eliminated."

2 of 789 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Still useless by oojah · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try going to the preferences and "Search these locations" and you will be able to add drives to your hearts content.

    Did you also know that it is possible to change where the "My Documents" virtual folder refers to? I have all of my data on a seperate drive so changed it to point to there.

    Right click on the "My Documents" on your desktop and choose properties and you should see the details for changing the location.

    Cheers,

    Roger

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  2. Re:Something for a corporate environment? by DCstewieG · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was possible to change the location, but you had to do it in the registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Desktop\data_dir