Since a couple of weeks, I posted a short article about the Google deskbar, which I am using quite intensively. This Windows tool allows to search the Internet without opening a Web browser. It integrates a small search bar within the Windows toolbar (it can be also used as a line calculator). The results are showed in a small window near the toolbar.

A recent article in New York Times said that Google could launch a new version of the Deskbar which will allow to search files locally on the HD’s (as a kind of Windows “search”). The ability to search local files would be a logical addition to this existing Google Deskbar. Microsoft plans to integrate this type of functionality in Longhorn (launch in 2006).