Comments on: Google Desktop http://lukebaker.org/archives/2004/10/14/google-desktop/ lukebaker.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:35:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott http://lukebaker.org/archives/2004/10/14/google-desktop/#comment-10 Scott Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:36:10 +0000 http://lukebaker.org/archives/2004/10/14/google-desktop/#comment-10 I use a free program called Locate. With the Google Desktop you have to have stupid IE installed, wicked lame on Google's part. Locate is sweet, because it creates its own database, and has a basically instantaneous search. I would highly recommend it. This is for Windows, BTW. http://www.uku.fi/~jmhuttun/english/softwares.shtml I use a free program called Locate. With the Google Desktop you have to have stupid IE installed, wicked lame on Google’s part. Locate is sweet, because it creates its own database, and has a basically instantaneous search. I would highly recommend it. This is for Windows, BTW.

http://www.uku.fi/~jmhuttun/english/softwares.shtml

]]> By: Adam http://lukebaker.org/archives/2004/10/14/google-desktop/#comment-9 Adam Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:00:39 +0000 http://lukebaker.org/archives/2004/10/14/google-desktop/#comment-9 This is almost an exact copy of the <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/" title="The Beagle Project">Beagle Project</a> that I mentioned on Tuesday (sans the Google search integration, of course). Now when the Google Desktop copies "<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5110910.html" title="Ever seen Antitrust?">implicit queries</a>" that Microsoft copied from <a href="http://www.nat.org/dashboard/" title="The Dashboard Project">Dashboard</a>, we'll know that the creativity has gone out of Google. :) This is almost an exact copy of the Beagle Project that I mentioned on Tuesday (sans the Google search integration, of course). Now when the Google Desktop copies “implicit queries” that Microsoft copied from Dashboard, we’ll know that the creativity has gone out of Google. :)

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