SecurityGoogle introduces Desktop 4.
At its annual press day, Google today assured analysts and journalists that the firm is still very much about improving search features. The company made four major announcements - "Co-op" that let"s users share their search expertise with other users, "Notebook" that can clip bits of information from web pages and store them online, a tool to research search trends and, perhaps most significantly, an updated version of Google Desktop.
Version 4 of the desktop search integration adds so-called "gadgets", little plug-ins that can make the sidebar more useful. Among the 178 gadgets currently available free of charge are not only everyday tools such as a calendar or weather watcher, but also more advanced features such as a viewer for the Outlook calendar and Microsoft Project, a Winamp playback control, an auction watcher, blog statistics and even a virtual flower. Desktop 4 is available as a free download from the Google website.