Back in the Windows XP days, when the only search functionality was a cartoon dog in the sidebar of Windows Explorer (not a joke), Google released Google Desktop. If you installed the application, you ...

For years, Windows users have relied on a mix of search tools – File Explorer for documents, Google Drive for cloud storage, and of course the browser for web queries. Now, Google is trying to ...

Google is once again trying to stake a claim on your desktop. This week, the company announced a new experimental Google app for Windows, available through Search Labs, that aims to make finding ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. November 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Back in the Windows XP days, ...