Google has brought us yet another promising solution to sort through the data which never ceases to amass in our lives. This time Google intends to deploy their technology to your own computer. This might be nice as an alternative to the Microsoft Indexing service and the Windows Find feature. Google Desktop looks as though it may be feature rich, and it includes controls for constraining what it will index.

Just to cut you off at the pass about what you're wondering: the software does not share your computer's information with Google or anyone else. It keeps the index local, chewing up approximately 500MB of your hard drive, according to Google.

This item makes my Try List. Unfortunately, it currently only has extended support for applications I rarely, if ever, use -- such as Intardnet Exploder and LookOut Express. I'll probably jump on board the moment Google adds in support for the browser and/or the email client I use.