Yesterday Google quietly updated its desktop search and widget product, Google Desktop. Users who download the updated product (available at Google or here at Download.com) will notice two things ...

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 ...

Google Desktop for Linux runs on Debian 4.0, Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10, SUSE 10.1, and Red Flag 5. Users can download it for free from this Web site.

Google said Thursday that Google Desktop 2 and Google Desktop for Enterprise have emerged from beta testing and can now be considered full-fledged software. But how many people use Google's answer ...

Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool, adding a preview feature to help find information more quickly and making some improvements to the interface design.

Google Desktop became more than just a hard drive search tool and widget provider Thursday when it included a Media Server plug-in to its software offering. The Media Server software allows you to ...

Google Desktop Search is available as a free download and runs on Windows XP or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. Larry Seltzer, eWEEK.com Security Topic Center Editor, contributed to this report.

Google has announced the official release of Desktop Gadgets for Linux and is distributing the source code under the open-source Apache software license. Although there are still bugs and the ...

Google Desktop for Enterprise can index and make searchable the text of e-mail, files, viewed Web pages and chats IBM Corp. has made available for free a plug-in that integrates its WebSphere ...

How it works To use Google's desktop application, people download the file, which is a thin 400K, or about half the size of its toolbar application.