Version 5 Of Google Desktop Released

Google Desktop has released a version five with new features and updates. Kevin Tom, Product Manager of Google Desktop, explains that they added: A new sidebar with “completely new look and feel.” A gadget redesign to make them “easy to tell apart, easy to read, and easy on the eyes.” Improvements to desktop search by […]

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Google Desktop has released a version five with new features and updates. Kevin Tom, Product Manager of Google Desktop, explains that they added:

  • A new sidebar with “completely new look and feel.”
  • A gadget redesign to make them “easy to tell apart, easy to read, and easy on the eyes.”
  • Improvements to desktop search by adding “preview search results.”
  • Enhanced security with warnings of potential data theft issues.

More details are available at the Google Blog and Inside Google Desktop Blog.


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