Sp@m ShEn@nig@nS!!: That Gibberish in Your In-Box May Be Good News: Are filters beating spam?  Good summary article.  11:09:55 PM    

Google Deskbar: Very nice tool for a taskbar form for Google searches with a popup window for results.  And, it's extensible:  "If you have sites you search frequently, you can add custom searches to the Google Deskbar menu."  9:41:40 PM