Google's New PC Search Tool Poses Risks
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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.
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A bug in the Google Toolbar could allow criminals to steal data or install malicious software on a system, a security researcher warns.
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A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool recently distributed by Google, a newspaper report said Monday.
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Google&#39;s latest service, Desktop Search, promises to be one of its most interesting innovations, and also one of its more controversial ones.
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A serious flaw in Google's desktop software could be used to wreak havoc on a victim's PC.
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A handful of researchers at Rice University uncovered a security flaw in Google&#39;s Desktop Search offering that could allow attackers to view small portions of personal search results.
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InfoWorld - Desktop search has its sights set on corporate PCs, leaving enterprise IT wary of potential security issues associated with the highly anticipated tools.
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Last week when Google came up with its Desktop Search, it promised to make finding files on our desktop a lot less painful. Knowing Google and its other services, I had little doubt that the new tool from their stable would be incredible.
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If you use shared or public computers, you have a new privacy risk to consider: Google Desktop Search.
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GOOGLE caused a stir when it announced recently that its search engine can now look for data that is stored in users&#39; computers.
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Integrated attack Google has fixed a security flaw in its desktop search software that created a means for hackers to rifle through personal files on users' PCs.â¦
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Google's new Google Desktop Search tool raises a number of search privacy issues. In this article, we'll look at some of the usual specters of search privacy plus some new things people should consider.
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Google is offering free software that lets users simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information. Analysts call the move a potential blow to rivals Microsoft and Yahoo in the race
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With four in the last week, is Google the next security buffoon? Analysis Google's desktop search application is vulnerable to an exploit that allows a determined attacker to remotely run most programs installed on a victim's machine. The flaw is one of at least four security holes to visit Google this past week, demonstrating that the search king, despite the god-like aura it enjoys for its pleasing software designs, remains a mere mortal in the security cosmos.â¦
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Internet search giant Google&#39;s aficionados may just have lost some vital information that could hurt their wallet! Hackers exploiting a flaw in Google&#39;s desktop search tool launched a week back could have
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Plus: Google apps for your site, and HP's pretexting debacle.
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Google&#39;s new Desktop Search software is a muscle car among search engines, racing through personal data stored inside your computer to instantly find things you can&#39;t easily locate.