Speak to most Mac geeks and soon into the conversation youll likely learn of their love affair for the Quicksilver tool that allows them to launch apps in just a few key strokes.

Google wants a piece of that action! The launch of Google Quick Search Box"QSB for short"sees the search giant going head-to-head not only with Quicksilver, but Apples baked-in Spotlight search tool.

So, why might you switch to QSB. Well, if youre not tempted by the artificial intelligence behind it:

As you use the Google Quick Search Box more, it will learn which results you are likely to want. The goal here is that we get you to what youre looking for as quickly as possible. In the above example, if you chose Google Calendar, the next time you search for "cal", Google QSB will reorder the results so that you dont have to arrow down to your desired choice. Instead, you can just type "cal" and press enter.

Theres the Twitter plug-in for QSB"which will let you send tweets from inside the tool. (Isnt adding Twitter to an app the equivalent of pouring chocolate sauce over it?)

From what I can tell, QSB is Mac only (Windows users already have something similar) and you can get it here.

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