Desktop Search Posts

Peter Jalbert

The New Google Desktop: Desktop Gadgets on iGoogle

In my previous post I have shown how the Google Desktop team has streamlined the user experience in Google Desktop’s newest beta version. Features are explained ...

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Peter Jalbert

The New Google Desktop 5.5 Beta: It’s in the Details

Last week in its Team Blog and in the Official Google Blog, the Google Desktop team announced the availability of the new Google beta version of ...

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The Tutor

Google Desktop is inflating your RSS subscribers

Graywolf figured it out: If someone has Google Desktop installed and is using the web clips a bit of background voodoo happens. Web clips autodiscovers RSS feeds ...

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Peter Jalbert

Easy Software Installation with Google Pack

Google Pack is simply a collection of free downloadable software that is specially chosen by Google for their users. The software included in Google pack were ...

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Peter Jalbert

Trying Google Desktop Search for the Mac

First thing I thought when I was planning this post was am I crazy? True enough, installing a desktop search for my Mac would be the ...

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Peter Jalbert

Google Desktop Tip: Disable Future Indexing

As I earlier mentioned, I love Google Desktop for giving me quick access to my information, including web-based emails (Gmail, of course) even when I’m offline. ...

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Peter Jalbert

Search Through Your Gmail Offline With Google Desktop Search

I love Gmail so much I’ve pretty much treated it as a repository of my information. So all of my work and business related messages are forwarded ...

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The Tutor

BIG Google Desktop Security Flaw - 2 exploits already!

Wow, this flaw makes me glad I’m not running Google Desktop at the moment - the consequences could be serious, according to Robert Hansen, the independent security ...

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The Tutor

Murder. Powered by Google.

I wouldn’t post this if I hadn’t seen similar before (we love to watch FBI Files). In this case a University of Central England, Birmingham student ...

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Peter Jalbert

Google Roundup: What’s New This Past Week?

It’s exciting times again for Google, as new features and sevices had been announced in the past few days. First, there’s the new sound notification in GMail ...

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Peter Jalbert

Google desktop search techniques

Google’s Desktop Search version 3.0 has recently gone out of beta phase, and is now under official release. One notable improvement is the Quick Search box, ...

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Peter Jalbert

Google Personalized Homepage – Yet Another AJAX App?

Yahoo has My Yahoo!, and maybe you’re wondering why Google doesn’t seem to have its own version of a personalized home page. Well, it actually does, ...

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The Tutor

Google Desktop 3.0 — Creepy or Cool?

This new iteration, version 3.0, adds much to the user experience by featuring a new cross-computer search functionality. This means you can have Google Desktop installed ...

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The Tutor

Google Translation On-the-Fly

Most people are familiar with Google Translate, which will allow you to translate any text you key or paste, or a URL you supply, from one ...

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The Tutor

More Desktop Search Power with Plugins!

Out of the box, Google Desktop Search will index and search Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail, Netscape and Thunderbird e-mail, Microsoft Office documents, PDF’s, music files, ...

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The Tutor

Keeping Private Matters Private in Google Desktop Search

Google Desktop Search is a great tool—if you’ve got nothing to hide on your computer from anyone else who might sit down and do a search—innocently ...

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The Tutor

Google Desktop Search 1.0 Launched Today with New Features!

Google Desktop Search beta, already in wide use, has today been superseded with the launch of the first official version, 1.0

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