Google Desktop Outshines Windows' File-Search Capabilities

Last week, Google launched the beta version of its file-searching system.

We haven't installed it yet, as such we couldn't test it. However, the Washington Post has quite a glowing review of the system. It basically states that Google "assists" Microsoft by improving tools of Microsoft that really didn't work well, if at all. Like, the Google toolbar, or, as said, the desktop search tool. Try to use Microsoft's version, and it, firstly, takes quite some time, if you have a lot of files on your computer, secondly, it doesn't provide too much flexibility and thirdly, either throws up a lot of files or hardly any. But never right on target.

However, it might be interesting to note that the first security flaws in the tool have been found already. The Register runs an article on this.