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A new version of AOL Desktop bundles tabbed browsing, multiple email account management, and an "App Map" of all open application windows within the environment.

If it’s really the thought that counts, then users are likely to be grateful for an upgrade to Google Desktop for Linux.  But in terms of practicality, it appears that the search giant may have partially misdirected its efforts.

Earlier this week, Google announced the long-awaited release of its desktop client for Mac owners. Google Desktop users will be able to index content from their hard drive in order to find information about their documents, music, e-mails and pictures, as well as content from the web, quickly and easily.

Google and CallWave have partnered to provide a text-messaging gadget for Google Desktop users. With the utility, users will be able to send text messages to any cell phone, while choosing to receive them either as an e-mail message or have them sent directly to their handset. The service is currently still in beta, and allows subscribers to send unlimited text messages throughout the United States and Canada.

Even though Windows Vista hasn't been received with quite the fanfare Microsoft would have liked, the fact remains that the integrated desktop search functionality represents a potential snag in Google's master plan for continued dominance within the industry.

In early 2005, when Adobe announced an agreement to acquire Macromedia, creative professionals released a collective gasp. Many worried about a creative software monopoly, others pondered the fate of competing applications (GoLive versus Dreamweaver, Freehand versus Illustrator, etc), and some dreamed of what offspring may come of this union.

I installed Copernic Desktop Search on one of my laptops recently. I previously had tried Google Desktop but uninstalled it after a week.

No one wants to have to say, "My Internet broke." When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it's not the user) becomes the object of much ill will and quite a few uncouth words. Now Google, the former "do no evil" company, is hinting that uninstalling one of its products may "break" your Internet.