Googling Your PC

The NY Times is reporting that google is going to release a search tool for information stored on PCs soon. The foray to PC search is seen as a preemptive strike at Microsoft, who plans on rearchitecting the Windows file system in Longhorn (due out in 2006) and make search of both the PC and internet a key feature of the new OS. Previously, Google's arrival on the desktop has been limited to their Deskbar product that allows internet search from a dialog box residing on the start bar.