Google Desktop
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Google admits Desktop security risk

News Google Desktop 3 Beta contains a security risk for businesses, says Gartner, and Google agrees.

Tuesday, February 21 2006 09:29 AM

Tags: PC security, Data security, Business applications

Google aims for Web developers' hearts and minds

News Latest products hint at company's efforts to create a platform on which to build add-on products and services.

Monday, August 29 2005 09:44 AM

Tags: Authoring, Software engineering/development, Search

Google Desktop 3 criticized

News Consumer Internet watchdog EFF and Kapersky Lab say new feature that stores data on Google servers creates target for malicious hackers.

Monday, February 13 2006 09:43 AM

Google Gadgets for Linux appears

News Previously only available for Windows and Mac platforms, Google Gadgets can now be used with, and developed for, Linux platforms.

Thursday, June 05 2008 02:10 AM

Tags: Linux, Search, Personal applications, Google Inc., Open Source, Apple Macintosh, software, 64-bit, desktop, software engineering

Schneier research team cracks TrueCrypt

News Security expert Bruce Schneier says standard software such as Vista interferes with deniable file systems, designed to hide data on users' systems.

Thursday, July 17 2008 10:38 PM

Tags: Windows Vista, Security, Authentication and encryption, Data, Google Inc., Deniable File System, File System, Password, operating system, sensitive information

Google touts new features in desktop tool

News Unveils finalized version of Google Desktop 2, app that mixes desktop search and floating palette that offers custom info.

Friday, November 04 2005 10:53 AM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Web services

Serious flaw in Google Desktop gets fix

News Google plugs security holes in popular desktop search software that could open up data on a PC to intruders.

Thursday, February 22 2007 10:05 AM

Tags: Security, Search

Google Desktop goes Linux

News Company releases Linux version of desktop search software, which simultaneously scans the Web and computer-stored data for results.

Thursday, June 28 2007 09:35 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source

Google releases Desktop 5

News Upgraded consumer and enterprise editions feature enhanced looks and functionality, in the first post-Vista upgrade.

Monday, April 30 2007 07:02 AM

Tags: Personal applications, Business applications

Google: We've fixed desktop search tool flaw

News The flaw could have let an attacker search the contents of a user's PC. But the firm now says "all current and future users are secure."

Tuesday, December 21 2004 11:21 AM

Tags: Search

Google Desktop tweaked to block attackers

News Adjustment should protect PCs from attackers exploiting an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer.

Wednesday, December 07 2005 11:06 AM

Tags: Desktops, Security, Web browsers, Search

More worries about Google Desktop 3

News IT administrators are banning the software, saying its new multiple-computer search feature could ultimately violate federal privacy regs.

Thursday, February 16 2006 11:47 AM

Tags: Web sites, Search, Privacy

IE flaw lets intruders into Google Desktop

News Researcher finds a way to steal data from unwitting users of Google's desktop search tool by exploiting an unpatched IE flaw.

Sunday, December 04 2005 03:12 PM

Tags: Security, Web browsers, Search

Google unveils new applications

News Announces update to Google Desktop, as well as several new products designed to enhance information gathering on the Web.

Thursday, May 11 2006 09:25 AM

Tags: Search, Web services

Lenovo loads up on Windows Live Search

News Microsoft search engine, Windows Live Toolbar to become default on all Lenovo PCs worldwide, replacing Google.

Thursday, March 15 2007 09:49 AM

Tags: Instant messaging, Search