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Google Toolbar Catches Me By Surprise
07.Mar.07 | 4 Comments
As I do many times a week, I was searching my posts for an old topic. Suddenly, I saw this dialog appear:
Totally blew me away — I’d never noticed this little feature of Google Toolbar before. Is it new? Is it related to my recent install of Google Desktop? I mean, [...]
Google Desktop 5 Beta Released
06.Mar.07 | Leave a Comment
The Google Desktop blog announced today the latest beta release for Google Desktop. The main benefits appear to be aimed at better searching via a preview feature and more focus on security.
The most noticeable difference to me, however, is that the sidebar is far more aesthetically pleasing.
The sidebar has a completely new look [...]
Google Desktop - Only One Gmail Account
23.Dec.06 | 5 Comments
I installed the latest version of Google Desktop today as I was curious to see how it handles monitoring multiple Gmail Accounts.
It doesn’t handle that well. It’ll manage only one. It’ll even index it for you. But you only get one.
I searched through the desktop gadgets but didn’t see anything there [...]
Thursday Hodge-Podge
07.Dec.06 | Leave a Comment
Running around getting ready for a big family weekend. Odds are, this may be the last post for a few days.
Here’s a pile of things that folks might find interesting. I’ve had them on my “to write about” stack for overly long, so tonight we cover a lot of ground!
Widgets are the new … something?
10.May.06 | Leave a Comment
I think I’m about to be all widgeted out. Did you see that Google announced Google Gadgets on the desktop? What are gadgets? Just another term for “widgets”.
So, my Opera 9 beta has widgets. Yahoo! Konfabulator is all about widgets. WordPress offers widgets. Google Desktop has to get in [...]
