Google Desktop makes searching files on your hard drive as fast and efficient as searching the Internet with Google Search. The program builds an index of files, e-mails, multimedia, web browsing and chat rooms, which ensures that searching for them after entering keywords takes a fraction of a second. Additionally, thanks to Google Gadgets we can use plug-ins in the form of RSS readers, alarm clocks, watches, photo shows, weather readers, calculators, music players, etc.

on the Sidebar bar or directly on the desktop.