Google Deskstop

I really like Google Desktop. It may be that if I had a smaller screen on my computer, I wouldn't like it taking up all the space, but it takes up the couple of inches on the right hand side of my screen which is not a problem for me. It has several sections any of which you can choose not to include. I've excluded the running slideshow of photos on my computer. When you first install it, it takes awhile to index your computer files. Once that's done, however, you can quickly find anything on your computer in the search box. It searches all the files as well, as web pages visited, and emails much more quickly than the Windows search function. The other feature I like is in the "Web Clips" section you will get updates of any blogs that you regularly visit. You can also choose to exclude any where "once was enough." But that way, I always keep up with some of my favorite blog sites. (Xanga sites don't seem to get included).

There is a "news" section which has few options available for change, but interesting things come up periodically. I don't keep up with the news much, but I did know....only because of Google Desktop....that Bill Nye the "Science Guy" had gotten married!

We were able to get broad-band internet a few months ago, and maybe the program would be cumbersome if you were using 26.6 dial-up as we used to have.