Google's Offering a Local Search Option?

There's a story in the NY Times ( http://tinyurl.com/3c86w ) saying that Google will soon be launching a local search option: "Google, the Web search engine, is preparing to introduce a powerful file and text software search tool for locating information stored on personal computers."

Google is really launching an attack. First they've got the Google Mail thing, then the Google Groups 2, with the ability to create mailing lists, and now they're taking on Microsoft with a hard drive search. Strangely enough I think this third time may be the charm.

Why? Because one request I get from readers all the time is pointers to a good hard drive search utility. AltaVista offered one, years ago, and people are STILL nostalgic about it. I'm not sure how many people need a gigabyte of mail space, and I'm not sure how many people need to start their own mailing list, but Google may be surprised at the amount of interest in a local search utility.

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