Several months ago I wrote about my experiences with Google desktop search. I had liked the service, but felt it slowed down my computer's performance. I switched to Microsoft's desktop search and used it for a few months. The Microsoft search worked reasonably well, but I found difficulty in opening emails. I also found that it was not as efficient Google's.

Recently I switched back to Google's latest version and find it a great aid for finding old contacts and emails. Also the new version does not slow down my computer.

I just had another experience with a desktop application. I inadvertently downloaded a weather channel application that provides the current temperature every few minutes. The temperature number sits on the desktop tray. If you click on the temperature icon you get a complete weather center on your screen with lots of information.

I like the service, but just uninstalled it. It turned out to be the worst bandwidth hog I have encountered. My email slowed to a crawl.

Unistalling was easy --- this turned out to be the best feature of the program!