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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently ...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Eager to gain some ground in the battle to help people find their computer files, Microsoft Corp. launched the final version of its desktop search software today. The free ...

The Google desktop app for Windows offers a Gemini-powered, system-wide search that pulls in results from other services ...

BOSTON — A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.’s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users’ computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of ...

Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves are all set to jump into the desktop search space, two months after Internet search leader Google offered a test version of a tool that lets users search for ...

As more end users employ desktop search tools from Google, MSN and Yahoo, IT managers increasingly must establish policies, standardize tools and protect their networks from data exposure, compliance ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how desktop search works in its Vista operating system by the end of the year, in response to an antitrust complaint by rival Google Inc., the company said in court ...

One of the more popular of desktop search software utilities is Google Desktop. However, Google Desktop has some limitations. It has been criticized for performance and security issues and is not very ...

Google continues to press a technology-intensive antitrust case against Microsoft in federal court and, in spite of a series of noncommittal or unfavorable rulings, has expanded its complaints against ...

Google Inc. released free software yesterday that lets people simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information, a move analysts described as a potential blow to rivals ...