Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC, a move that could shake up the landscape of Internet ...

Google's desktop app, called Google Desktop or Google Desktop Search, was introduced for Windows back in 2004. Three years later, the company released the app for Linux and Mac OS X. The Mountain View ...

Back in the Windows XP days, when the only search functionality was a cartoon dog in the sidebar of Windows Explorer (not a joke), Google released Google Desktop. If you installed the application, you ...

Google's desktop search results will now display favicons and site names, making it easier for users to identify websites listed in search results and ads. To make them visually distinct, Google is ...

Google has improved its Google Desktop PC and Web search application by adding to it a panel that provides information from a variety of sources, the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Monday.

Google Inc. is bringing its proven search capabilities to a Windows XP- or Windows 2000-equipped computer near you, helping users to catalog most of the files and content on their PCs through its ...

Search giant Google has updated its desktop search software, announcing some new features in its Google Desktop 2.0, while also addressing privacy and security issues that caused criticism of the ...

Google plans to make available on Wednesday a desktop search tool tailored for the workplace, about eight months after it introduced a similar tool for consumers. The workplace tool, called Google ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...