Google Desktop

What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It seems
still to be there and running.
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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It seems
> still to be there and running.

They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest version of
the program. Why should they remove that?

Ed

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:12:39 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
wrote:

>On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
>> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It seems
>> still to be there and running.
>
>They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
>them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest version of
>the program. Why should they remove that?

Because "They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it"?
;-)

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Char Jackson

On 15/09/2011 17:41, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:12:39 +0100, Ed Cryer<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
>>> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It seems
>>> still to be there and running.
>>
>> They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
>> them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest version of
>> the program. Why should they remove that?
>
> Because "They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it"?
> ;-)
>

Google Desktop has been made pretty unnecessary in Vista & Win7. Ok, it
was a bonus in XP, as were others like Copernic Search. But the recent
Windows have their own in situ.

What do you want Google to do? Make it unavailble for download?
Maybe they could remove it also from every computer which has it
installed. They seem to be so good at spying over us all that they might
be capable of doing that.
;-)

Ed

On 9/15/2011 2:10 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 15/09/2011 17:41, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:12:39 +0100, Ed Cryer<>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
>>>> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It seems
>>>> still to be there and running.
>>>
>>> They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
>>> them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest version of
>>> the program. Why should they remove that?
>>
>> Because "They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it"?
>> ;-)
>>
>
> Google Desktop has been made pretty unnecessary in Vista & Win7. Ok, it
> was a bonus in XP, as were others like Copernic Search. But the recent
> Windows have their own in situ.
>
> What do you want Google to do? Make it unavailble for download?
> Maybe they could remove it also from every computer which has it
> installed. They seem to be so good at spying over us all that they might
> be capable of doing that.
> ;-)

I am using Windows 7 and I do find Google Desktop useful. The continuous
market quotations, the search, the analog clock, News, the Scratch Pad
and the very local weather are well worth having.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 15/09/2011 19:21, James Silverton wrote:
> On 9/15/2011 2:10 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
>> On 15/09/2011 17:41, Char Jackson wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:12:39 +0100, Ed Cryer<>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
>>>>> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It
>>>>> seems
>>>>> still to be there and running.
>>>>
>>>> They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
>>>> them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest
>>>> version of
>>>> the program. Why should they remove that?
>>>
>>> Because "They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it"?
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Google Desktop has been made pretty unnecessary in Vista & Win7. Ok, it
>> was a bonus in XP, as were others like Copernic Search. But the recent
>> Windows have their own in situ.
>>
>> What do you want Google to do? Make it unavailble for download?
>> Maybe they could remove it also from every computer which has it
>> installed. They seem to be so good at spying over us all that they might
>> be capable of doing that.
>> ;-)
>
> I am using Windows 7 and I do find Google Desktop useful. The continuous
> market quotations, the search, the analog clock, News, the Scratch Pad
> and the very local weather are well worth having.
>

Are the market quotes, news and weather still working?

Ed

On 9/15/2011 2:28 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 15/09/2011 19:21, James Silverton wrote:
>> On 9/15/2011 2:10 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>> On 15/09/2011 17:41, Char Jackson wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:12:39 +0100, Ed Cryer<>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15/09/2011 15:43, James Silverton wrote:
>>>>>> What's with the posts yesterday about it's ending on the 14th? It
>>>>>> seems
>>>>>> still to be there and running.
>>>>>
>>>>> They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it, and moved
>>>>> them elsewhere. You can still download and install the latest
>>>>> version of
>>>>> the program. Why should they remove that?
>>>>
>>>> Because "They've probably shut down the team that were supporting it"?
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Google Desktop has been made pretty unnecessary in Vista & Win7. Ok, it
>>> was a bonus in XP, as were others like Copernic Search. But the recent
>>> Windows have their own in situ.
>>>
>>> What do you want Google to do? Make it unavailble for download?
>>> Maybe they could remove it also from every computer which has it
>>> installed. They seem to be so good at spying over us all that they might
>>> be capable of doing that.
>>> ;-)
>>
>> I am using Windows 7 and I do find Google Desktop useful. The continuous
>> market quotations, the search, the analog clock, News, the Scratch Pad
>> and the very local weather are well worth having.
>>
>
> Are the market quotes, news and weather still working?
>
> Ed
>

Yes, and as up to date as they ever were. The News has always been a bit
pitiful in that it references some sources that require registration.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*