Google beat Microsoft to the punch on this one. Finally, a fast ( .5 seconds ) way to search for stuff on your pc. The Google Desktop beta brings order to your local machine by indexing the 8,074 emails, 9,731 documents, and 5,332 viewed pages in my browser cache. Stealing the thunder.

Careful though… There is a potential privacy issue, should a guest access your machine. There should be a means to enable / disable the search function and password protect. What if you use a public computer that has this tool?