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News Google on Monday plans to introduce a full version of its desktop-search software, with a developer's kit and support for Firefox and Netscape web browsers. Nikhil Bhatla, a Google... [07 Mar 2005]
Google desktop search: Take two
News Google launched a new beta version of its desktop search tool on Monday, which features updated web navigation software and an innovative tool-bar. The search giant may be hoping the beta version of... [22 Aug 2005]
Google desktop exploited by IE flaw
News A security researcher in Israel has found a way to steal information from unwitting users of Google's desktop search tool by exploiting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer. The... [05 Dec 2005]
White Paper: Google Desktop Search Analysis
White Paper Google Desktop Search uses the browser user interface, and adds a tab to the Google home page. Google has launched its local search tool for Windows PCs. The small 400... [14 Aug 2007]
Google plugs desktop search hole
News Google has fixed a flaw that allowed hackers to search the contents of a PC running its desktop search tool. A Google spokeswoman said: "We were made aware of this vulnerability with the... [20 Dec 2004]
Analysis: Google goes for desktop search
Comment Having triumphed with web search, Google is now looking to expand with a tool that will search your desktop's hard drive. Google could establish a foothold - and a competitive edge - in... [24 May 2004]
Google and Sun get together for desktop apps
News Google already has a significant collection of software that is dependent on a network rather than being tied to an operating system - including Gmail for email; the Desktop Search Sidebar (which offers... [04 Oct 2005]
CIO Jury: IT bosses ban Google Desktop over security fears
News UK IT bosses are already taking measures to ban employees from downloading Google's Desktop search software on PCs and laptops because of the security risk to corporate data. Analyst Gartner last week... [02 Mar 2006]
Gartner issues Google Desktop 3 security warning
News IT departments are being warned to stop employees using the controversial 'search across computers' feature in Google Desktop 3 because it poses an "unacceptable security risk" to most organisations.... [20 Feb 2006]
Is Google Desktop 3 a threat to data security?
News Google Desktop's new search-across-computers feature could put sensitive data at risk and violate US federal data-privacy regulations, according to IT administrators at a public university and a large... [16 Feb 2006]
Holes found in Google Desktop
News Several flaws in the popular Google Desktop software could open PCs up to intruders and possible data theft, a security company has warned. Google Desktop applies the... [22 Feb 2007]
Microsoft looks to beat Google with the desktop
News Microsoft plans to leverage its desktop market dominance to compete with Google on search and advertising, analysts said on Wednesday - despite losing out to Google in the race to become... [22 Dec 2005]
MSN takes desktop battle back to Google
News Microsoft has long planned to introduce technology for mining files on the desktop, but it has come later to the market than its top search rival Google, which introduced a beta service in October. and... [14 Dec 2004]
Google: Apps to shun OS for the desktop
News Google spent Wednesday morning trying to get developers excited about the next generation of web technologies by showing off how future web applications will mimic desktop apps. In his speech kicking off... [28 May 2009]
Browser wars: Dell and Google to buddy up?
News Dell and Google are evaluating a partnership in which the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop Search and a Google-designed Dell homepage are included on new... [08 Feb 2006]
