> It’s a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you’ve viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop Search puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks.
I would download Google Desktop Search in an instant, except for one major problem: application support, or rather the lack thereof. Sadly, the developers at Google are not supporting my e-mail client (Thunderbird) or my Web browser (Firefox). Sigh.
apparently you can use google from your cell phone to ask for info, like phone numbers and addresses - sorta like 411, but it only uses up your text messaging (i think).
Indeed you can, it’s called Google SMS (Short Message Service). From their site:
Thanks for mentioning it, I had forgotten to post about the service when it debuted.