Your life changes today
September 21st 2006 14:29
It’s called Google Desktop. I don’t know how I could live without it. It is tucked safely away and when I want to I maximize it, it features everything from the weather to news to a fully indexed search utility!
Ok, you might not know what an indexed search utility is. Basically it instantly searches your entire PC for any file or folder you might have on it, you know how you might use Window XP’s built in find tool? You know how you have to wait ages for it to search your hard drive for one file that might not even exist? Well this search utility searches your entire PC in a matter of milliseconds. No waiting, no hassle, no fuss. It does this using indexing technology, an extremely hyped feature for Microsoft's upcoming operating system set to replace Windows XP called Windows Vista.
It has more features than simply searching for files and folders on your computer. You can actually customize what you want in the bar. Right now for instance I have two slide shows, one showing pictures from a folder and the other showing maps of various parts of the world, I have the weather for today and tomorrow as well as news items from around the web. There are many features that might interest you and in a way it would be criminal for me to list them, so you go and find these wonderful features for yourself.
So this is sounding like one of those TV shopping things to you? Well sorry, no steak knives here. Actually I can keep going on and on with the ‘but wait, there’s more’ and keep repeating ‘absolutely free’, but I’d rather not bore you. Go download Google Desktop and enjoy yourself with new features that will simplify your computing 10 fold.
Actually it isn’t just Google Desktop that is a useful utility, there are many useful programs all over the internet you can use to make your life that much simpler and what you should be doing is looking for them. They won’t necessarily be free like Google Desktop but it may still be worth a shot, usually you do get some sort of demo version of the software.
On a slightly different note, Google Earth is also another cool program that lets you look at the planet in its entirety and zoom within a few hundred meters off the ground. You can literally see people and cars on the ground, not moving mind you, but they are there. You would think only the CIA has access to such technologies, but now you do too.
Ok, you might not know what an indexed search utility is. Basically it instantly searches your entire PC for any file or folder you might have on it, you know how you might use Window XP’s built in find tool? You know how you have to wait ages for it to search your hard drive for one file that might not even exist? Well this search utility searches your entire PC in a matter of milliseconds. No waiting, no hassle, no fuss. It does this using indexing technology, an extremely hyped feature for Microsoft's upcoming operating system set to replace Windows XP called Windows Vista.
It has more features than simply searching for files and folders on your computer. You can actually customize what you want in the bar. Right now for instance I have two slide shows, one showing pictures from a folder and the other showing maps of various parts of the world, I have the weather for today and tomorrow as well as news items from around the web. There are many features that might interest you and in a way it would be criminal for me to list them, so you go and find these wonderful features for yourself.
So this is sounding like one of those TV shopping things to you? Well sorry, no steak knives here. Actually I can keep going on and on with the ‘but wait, there’s more’ and keep repeating ‘absolutely free’, but I’d rather not bore you. Go download Google Desktop and enjoy yourself with new features that will simplify your computing 10 fold.
Actually it isn’t just Google Desktop that is a useful utility, there are many useful programs all over the internet you can use to make your life that much simpler and what you should be doing is looking for them. They won’t necessarily be free like Google Desktop but it may still be worth a shot, usually you do get some sort of demo version of the software.
As you can see Google Earth shows the planet in great detail
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The only reason I wanted Windows Vista was thrown out the window when I found the program.
Makes me wonder if google is looking to take over the world doing all htis...
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