Google Desktop, which extends Google's Web search and indexing functions to local PC hard drives, is susceptible to a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) because of its failure to properly encode output ...

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 Monday.

Google Desktop began life as a desktop search product, giving you the ability to find e-mail, files, and recently-visited Web pages. Version 2, released last fall, introduced the Sidebar, the feature ...

Last week, we alerted readers to potential security problems that might arise from blending SSL VPNs with Google Desktop Search. Since Google’s search tool caches and indexes everything that goes on a ...

Google Desktop Search is a great tool for finding stuff on a PC, but it can also be a threat to SSL remote access security. The search tool doesn’t have any known exploitable vulnerabilities, but it ...

Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product’s launch for the Windows operating system. The application, designed for indexing and ...

Google plans to make available on Wednesday a desktop search tool tailored for the workplace, about eight months after it introduced a similar tool for consumers. The workplace tool, called Google ...

Google Inc. has unveiled a new gadget that allows Google Desktop for Windows users to check their Gmail accounts without having to leave leaving the vendor’s desktop search application. The new gadget ...