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 ...

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, Google ...

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's search engine faces the daunting task of indexing over 8 billion Web pages and sharing the results with practically every Internet user. Google Desktop Search has a much easier job: It ...

Google took a step closer on Thursday to being able to search everything: its desktop search application is now available in 29 languages, including Hindi, the company announced. Seven weeks after ...

Google Desktop is a downloadable application that indexes items on your computer such as e-mail conversations, Microsoft Office documents, Web history, PDFs, music, images and video. The app then ...