Google announced the finalised version of its Google Desktop 2 application on Thursday and outlined its new features.
Google has fixed a flaw that allowed hackers to search the contents of a PC running its desktop search tool.
Businesses have been warned by research company Gartner that the latest Google Desktop Beta has an 'unacceptable security risk', and Google agrees.
Analyst firm Gartner has put out a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Google's desktop search tool until a more robust, enterprise-ready version is released.
Google has made an adjustment to its desktop search tool to foil attacks that take advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer Web browser.
Google stitched up some gaping holes in its desktop search software recently but the nature of the tool's design means that the contents of users' hard drives will remain under constant threat of exposure.
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In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.
Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.
Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Friday, seeking to raise US$2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.
With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
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