Good game, Microsoft. Good game.

Many of you know that I am somewhat of a Mac OS X fan. One of the things I find really great about it is Spotlight, the little search tool that lives in the upper right of your computer screen all the time. I have grown dependent on having search available all the time, right at the click of the mouse.

Unfortunately Windows has been behind in this area for a few years now. I was suggesting to people that they use X1 or Google Desktop, because the Microsoft offerings always seemed to be ... ahem ... lacking.

Not anymore. I am using the new Windows Desktop Search and I'm pretty happy with it. It's fast, it's simple, the results are great, and it doesn't seem to slow down my computer (a MacBook Air running Windows XP). Good show, Microsoft. Get your copy of Windows Desktop Search here. Tell 'em I sent ya.