The new beta of Google Desktop is available and it’s pretty cool. This version incorporates a “sidebar” style layout for your feeds, e-mails, to-do lists, weather, etc. While it’s not as pretty as some other sidebar programs, like DesktopSideBar (freeware), it is Google and we all like their stuff. At the very least you should check the new version out.
On a side note if you sit behind an ISA Server be sure and open up POP3 Secure to your machine or else the indexer cannot index your gmail files. Yep, I said it. Desktop search now indexes your gmail.com e-mail. :-) Nice!
Enojy!