MBA的洞察ブログ。

Googleプレスからメールがあり。
Desktop　Searchのベータ版の紹介があった。
PC上のファイル検索である。

http://desktop.google.com

実際にダウンロードしてみると
その速さに驚く。

日本語対応していないようなので
英数文字での検索だが、使ってみると
見た目が、検索エンジンなのに
PC上のファイル名がいっぱいでてきて
びっくりする。

だが使い慣れれば、当たり前にこのツールを使うようになるのだろう。

たとえば、昔作った資料を探したり
保管場所を忘れたファイルを探したりと結構使い道はある。

このソフトをインストールすれば
Googleの通常検索ページにも自分のPCとの関連情報が出てくる。

妻に変なファイルが見つからないように注意しなくては・・・笑

Google Announces Desktop Search

Google Desktop Search for Email, Files, Web History, and Instant
Message Chats

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 14, 2004 - Google Inc. today
announced a beta desktop search application that enables users to
search their email, files, web history, and chats. Called Google
Desktop Search, this new application makes it possible for users to
find information on their computers as fast and easily as they can
search the web with Google.

"Google Desktop Search brings the power of Google to your personal
information on your own computer. As easily as searching Google, you
can instantly search your files, local email, the web pages you have
seen, and more," said Larry Page, Google's co-founder and president
of products." It's free, installs quickly, and keeps completely up
to date. Google Desktop Search represents a quantum leap in access
to your own information."

Google Desktop Search is a lightweight, free, downloadable
application that brings Google search to information on your
computer. The application operates locally on the user's computer,
where it provides the following capabilities:

- Find email, files and more. Users can search across their email
and a wide range of files and information such as email in Microsoft
Outlook and Outlook Express; files in Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and text; website history in Internet
Explorer; and instant message chats in AOL Instant Messenger.

- Searches fast like Google. Google.com can search billions of web
pages in a fraction of a second. Google Desktop Search is built with
the same technology, and it can search a single hard drive in even
less time.

- Easy access to desktop results via Google.com Search. Google
Desktop Search enables users to search both their computer and the
web simultaneously. When users search through Google.com (either
from the homepage or the Google Toolbar), Google Desktop Search runs
the same search in parallel on the user's computer. If Google
Desktop Search finds relevant results, those results are added to
the Google.com search results page. This means, users don't need to
decide before they search whether to search the web or their
computer. From a single start point, they get both.

- Fresh, dynamic results. Unlike traditional computer search
software that updates once a day, Google Desktop Search updates
continuously for most file types. When a user downloads a new email
in Outlook, for example, it can be found within seconds using Google
Desktop Search.

As with all Google products, Google Desktop Search is designed from
the ground up to respect user privacy. When a user chooses to search
simultaneously across his or her computer and Google.com, the
computer's content is not made accessible to Google, or to anyone
else, without the user's express permission. Users can select what
information they want to have searched, and easily remove
information whenever they want.

Google Desktop Search is available at http://desktop.google.com. It
is currently available for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Service Pack
3 and above. It requires a minimum of 128MB of RAM, and a 400MHz (or
faster) Pentium processor is recommended. Google Desktop Search is
available in English today and there are plans to make it available
in other languages.

About Google Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people
around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by
Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is
a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted
advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the
industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results,
while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is
headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North
America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit
www.google.com.

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are associated.






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