Danny has some interesting things to say about Google's life recorder (AKA Desktop Search) and other similar products.

I was blown away last week, having only expected to install searching. The recorder was a wonderful surprise. My interest in the semantic web began with investigating how organize and annotate my business research and fiction writing. Meaningful search and the web recorder changes how I do my research. Due to the rapid recall, local cross-referencing and commentary are much more feasible.

Desktop Search also says a lot about where computing is headed, with its unabashed browser interface to a local web server and simplicity. To millions of common internet consumers, the web will soon be much less "remote" than it has been.

The PC which I purchased last year for web development and games can now serve as my primary information platform. For this purpose, my PC is on the verge of displacing my OS X system.