Google tools cater to tastes
Google, the first of the major search engines to release a product that searches inside computer files, continues to distinguish itself as a cut above rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. with version 2 of Desktop (renamed from Desktop Search).link
Most impressive in Desktop is its Sidebar feature, a 2-inch-wide tower of info-rich "panels" that sits on the side of your screen.
The e-mail panel, atop the tower, alerts you to messages as they come in and lets you read them right there on the screen. The tool supports any accounts you can configure with Outlook, Thunderbird or Netscape Mail as well as Google's own Web-based e-mail service, Gmail.
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