Google seems to be coming out with a great new service every week. Here are 3 you should try out:

Google Desktop Search: Not only does it enable you to search your files on your computer fast and efficiently (much better than the native XP search), but I have found it most useful in searching through my browser's history, which makes it easy to locate a page I visited 3 months but remember just 2 or 3 words from. It even keeps a thumbnail of every single webpage you ever look at.

Google Suggest: As you type your search query, Google fills in suggestions of the most common related searches. It helps you improve and narrow your search terms, as well as acting as a live spell checker. You can see it in action here:

Google Suggest in action

Google Alerts: Allows subscription to search terms for news or web pages as they appear. Google sends you an email whenever a new page includes your search term. It's great to keep abreast of developments in a particular field, or for the vainer ones amongst us to keep track of what is said about you (by subscribing to an alert for “your name” - use the quotes).

And as a bonus, if you have broadband access, try out Google Accelerator when the time is right. Rumor has it that it speeds up web surfing, but they've ran out of capacity so I have not been able to test it out.

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