Google extends search to the desktop

Summary: Beating rivals to the punch, Google released its new desktop search tool that allows people to scan through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC in the same way they use Google to search the web.

By Chris Jablonski for Between the Lines | October 14, 2004 -- 14:24 GMT (07:24 PDT)

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google Beating rivals to the punch, Google released its new desktop search tool that allows people to scan through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC in the same way they use Google to search the web.

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