Suggestion for Google Desktop
OK, as I mentioned yesterday, I love Google Desktop. Love it! But the whole idea got me thinking of ways that Google could extend the functionality and make it really, really cool.

What if Google could integrate the member profile and the 1GB (or more, if needed) of storage from Gmail with Google Desktop to allow users to index several PCs (work PC and home PC, for example) and actually upload the files to the server for access from anywhere. Indexing could replace updated files on both machines so that the files would always be up-to-date.

I would love to be able to access files from my home PC at the office and vice versa without the need for VPN or Remote Desktop. And with the single interface, it wouldn't matter where a file originally came from.

I know there would be potential privacy issues involved if hackers were able to get access to a user's files on the server; however, users could use Google Desktop's exclude feature to prevent sensitive information from being indexed and uploaded.

And I guess users could end up indexing other people's PCs and forming mini file-sharing networks, but there are so many other tools for that that I doubt this would be used in that way.

So, Google, if you're listening, please make this happen.