Google's free desktop search utility made it out of "beta" stage and users can now download a finished 1.0 version from http://desktop.google.com for free.

With improvements over "beta" version released in 2004, finished version not only allows you to search your own computer for Microsoft Office documents, emails, and instant messaging history, but now supports music, video, images, PDF files, and Firefox and Netscape Web browsers.

In their never-ending quest to make their name synonymous with "search," Google's Desktop Search utility makes a bold step towards dominating desktop search market.

Available for Windows XP and Windows 2000, Google's desktop search remains miles ahead of MSN and Yahoo!, who released their own beta version desktop search utilities several months after Google.

Google also chose to create an environment friendly to third-party software developers by encouraging them to develop "plug ins" that expand capabilities of their Desktop Search application.

By allowing others to add their "two-cents" to program, Google will further cement their position as leader in this emerging field of "desktop" search.

** MP3 Player Wars Boiling Over **

In response to Apple's iPod Shuffle, a low priced flash memory MP3 audio player, Sony announced plans to offer a comparably low priced MP3 player in $100 to $150 range.

This in response to complaints from consumers that Sony's past MP3 player offerings rated too expensive next to feature-rich iPpod.

Consumers can expect several developments in response to Sony's entry into "Under $150" MP3 player market.

First, increased use of portable players will cause related businesses selling actual MP3's and accessories to experience continued growth, both online and offline.

Second, a new trend known as "pod casting" is getting set to explode.

If you didn’t already know AdSense is Google’s context targeted Ad delivery program. Basically Search Engine giant is giving you chance to display adverts that you may have seen to right of your search results on your own site. Whenever someone clicks through one of Ads you get an undisclosed, but worthwhile, portion of money subscribers to Google’s AdWords program are supplying Google to promote their site on paid listings. The script is easy to customize, simply adjusting settings in your Account settings and then pasting raw code into your site.

However I expect that most of people reading this article already have a good idea about what AdSense is and what it does. What you are really interested in is what Google has done to change its service, right? Well when I logged on to AdSense site a few days ago, first thing that popped up was a copy of new TOS (Terms of Service). I read through it, and clicked accept to agree with new terms and conditions. When I got into my account page I was greeted by two welcome sights: A new type of Ad box, and even better yet a new payment method.