Google's desktop app, called Google Desktop or Google Desktop Search, was introduced for Windows back in 2004. Three years later, the company released the app for Linux and Mac OS X. The Mountain View ...

You can quickly add a Google Chrome icon to your desktop for easier access to the browser. Here's how to do it on a Mac or PC ...

Yesterday Google quietly updated its desktop search and widget product, Google Desktop. Users who download the updated product (available at Google or here at Download.com) will notice two things.

Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC, a move that could shake up the landscape of Internet ...

Several flaws in the popular Google Desktop software could open PCs up to intruders and possible data theft, a security company has warned. The search giant has released patches for the issues, which ...

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.

Researchers at Rice University have discovered what they say is a flaw in the beta version of Google’s Desktop Search product that could allow third parties to access users’ search result summaries, ...

Google has rolled out a beta version of its desktop software, adding such features as "Sidebar," which offers a personalized panel of information such as e-mail, stock quotes and news. The software, ...

Google is embedding a new layer of protection into Drive for macOS and Windows that watches for mass file encryption or corruption, a behavior that typically signals a ransomware ...

This new ransomware detection is available in beta in Google Drive for desktop on Windows or macOS, with a general release ...