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In the world of software, one person's feature can be another's bug. So it is with the recently released Google Desktop 3 Beta.
Google Desktop began life as a desktop search product, giving you the ability to find e-mail, files, and recently-visited Web pages. Version 2, released last fall, introduced the Sidebar, the feature that put news and RSS feeds on your computer desktop and revealed a Google that was transforming itself from a simple search vendor to a software developer and content provider.
Version 3 Beta refocuses on desktop search, but one new feature Search Across Computers (SAC) is giving security and IT professionals nightmares about keeping data safe and private.
  SAC enables users to find files across all their computers. (Click to see complete image.) |
SAC enables users to find files across all their computers so, for example, they can access their desktop PC at work while traveling with a notebook. Sounds really useful, right? And so far, it's not available in any other of the leading free desktop search tools like Copernic or Yahoo! Desktop (based on X1).
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