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Google Desktop 2.0 Beta

Google's new upgrade to its Desktop application brings a lot more than search to your desktop.
September 08, 2005

Tallying The Tools
The default Google Sidebar setup includes nine different sections, all of which can be mixed and matched depending on your needs:

  • At the top is the Email tool, where you can set up email notification from Gmail or your default e-mail application (although the latter has to be running).





    Google Desktop's Sidebar


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  • The News tool, according to Google, customizes content based on tracking your reading habits. My experience bore this out -- I found a good selection of headlines from Reuters, CNN, and a number of other high-profile news outlets.
  • Web Clips is the tool for RSS and Atom feeds; just enter your favorite feed URLs, and you're off to the races.

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