Google Desktop Search was first introduced for Windows back in 2004, but only seven years after its introduction, the app was discontinued. Here we look at why.

Google also added antiphishing technology to its desktop search. In our quick tests, we did not trigger any warnings or alerts. There's a bit more info on the Google Desktop blog .

Google Desktop's new search-across-computers feature could put sensitive data at risk and violate federal data-privacy regulations, say IT administrators at a public university and a large ...

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.

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 ...

Google Drive for desktop has received a visual redesign that centralises controls and management in one window. Google Drive ...

On Thursday, Google hacker Robert Hansen posted proof of concept details showing how attackers could use Google Desktop to launch software that had already been installed on the victim’s computer.

It allows Google Desktop users, no matter which browser they are in, to switch between searching the Internet and searching their computer from the Google home page, according to the Watchfire report.

A Web application security specialist has figured out a way to launch sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks against a computer with a fully patched Google Desktop installed.

Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google Inc.’s Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop. On Thursday ...