Google Desktop for Windows 5.1.704.25560

Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.

Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required.

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Xbox 360 Elite

The $480 Xbox 360 Elite, which comes dressed in matte black with metallic details, has several improvements over its predecessor. It packs a roomy 120GB hard disk (up from 20GB), a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), and a wireless controller. Like the previous version of the Xbox, the Xbox 360 Elite plays regular DVDs, stores music ripped from audio CDs or digital photos, and connects to a PC to enable digital content streaming.

Black Wireless Controller

The Elite's controller is the same as that of the Xbox 360, except that it connects wirelessly with the gaming console and comes in black, to match the Elite console itself. Microsoft rates the controller's wireless range at up to 30 feet. It claims battery life of up to 30 hours on two AA batteries.

HDMI Port

The High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is new to the Xbox. The HDMI 1.2 port allows you to pump high-def video at up to 1080p. You can also bring multichannel surround sound from your Xbox to your TV set or audio-video receiver via a single cable connection.

HDMI Cable

The included HDMI cable connects through the unit's HDMI 1.2 port.

Hard Drive

The Elite expands the Xbox's hard drive capacity from 20GB to 120GB. The hard drive is removable. The big drive gives you more room for gaming content, as well as for all of the content you can purchase and download at the Xbox LIVE marketplace, including high-definition movies, TV episodes, and music.

Audio Adapter

This cable provides composite audio inputs and an optical audio input. The best (and default) digital audio output option is Dolby Digital 5.1.

Gaming Microphone

The Elite includes a standard gaming headset with microphone. At the base of the headset's connector is a microphone on/off switch and a built-in volume dial.

Component HD AV Cable

The Component HD AV cable has component video, S-Video, and composite audio inputs.

Hard Drive Transfer Cable

The hard drive transfer cable is not included in the $480 price. But you'll want one if you plan to transfer your downloaded content from your existing Xbox to your shiny new Elite. A few catches: You can move data from only one 20GB Xbox to one 120GB Xbox; you can move data only once; and some data may not play due to digital-rights-management issues.

Xbox 360 Elite complete set

Like all Xbox 360 systems, the Elite has three powerful core processors. It creates a video image with a 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio and anti-aliasing for smooth textures, and produces full 5.1-channel Dolby Digital surround sound. The Xbox HD DVD Player remains a separate peripheral, though; that's an extra $200.

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Hitachi Officially Shipping 1TB Drive

Hitachi this week announced it has ramped up production on its 1 terabyte hard drive, shipping the unit to retailers across the United States. Pricing for the drive, which spins at 7,200 RPM and features a Serial ATA interface is set at $399 USD.

In order to achieve the record-breaking storage space, Hitachi utilized perpendicular recording, in which bits stand vertical enabling more to be placed on a single platter. The Deskstar 7K1000, a line that Hitachi acquired from IBM, contains five platters. Other features include an 8.5ms seek time, 32MB buffer, and improved shock protection.

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