To use Google's desktop application, people download the file, which is a thin 400K, or about half the size of its toolbar application. (Users must have 128MB of memory installed on their PC, but ...

Google Inc. has patched a potentially devastating hole in its desktop search product that could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves.

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 rolled out yet another search product today, turning its focus back to corporate users again as it unveiled an enterprise version of its desktop search tool, one that features enhanced ...

Security researchers have discovered a serious flaw in Google’s desktop software that could be used to wreak havoc on a victim’s computer. The bug, which was made public Wednesday by Watchfire ...

Google’s PC search software is vulnerable to a variation on a little-known Web-based attack called anti-DNS pinning, which could give an attacker access to any data indexed by Google Desktop ...

Google plugs security holes in popular desktop search software that could open up data on a PC to intruders. Written by Candace Lombardi, Contributor Feb. 21, 2007, 2:27 p.m. PT ...