Maybe I’ve not been paying attention, but it seems like there are a bunch of new features in Google Desktop (beta). For instance, “Search across computers” is pretty darned compelling, and I sure don’t remember that from the last beta. Is there a new announcement coming soon, I wonder?
Have to say, google makes it difficult to figure out what version of a product is out there… but looking at the “updated” and “new” tags has me interested in upgrading.
[later]
Heck, It was blogged by google, I just wasn’t monitoring the right blog! I guess this is version 3.
[much later]
TechCrunch points out some privacy concerns. I hadn’t caught on to the fact that your search data may not be staying local anymore if you plan on using the features to search on/from multiple computers. I suppose all the band-wagon folks are going to be lathered up today about this issue! (I may be one of ‘em…)
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February 8th, 2006 
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nicely called
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400
“EFF urges consumers not to use this feature, because it will make their personal data more vulnerable to subpoenas from the government and possibly private litigants, while providing a convenient one-stop-shop for hackers who’ve obtained a user’s Google password.”