A stand-alone application or function built into the operating system that is used to find data in a user's computer, including the built-in drives and any external drives that may be connected.

Yahoo has become the latest major Internet company to introduce consumer software for searching e-mail and other desktop files. In December, the Internet portal announced it would soon begin testing ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

In the '90s, the web browser was the big app that analysts kept their eyes on. Netscape had an impressive headstart in the so-called "browser wars," but Navigator dwindled into obscurity after ...

When was the last time you’ve used a search engine? If you are like most Internet users, it was probably less than an hour ago–possibly much less. But what about a local search engine for your own ...

Yesterday, in a teleconference planned for the same day as the Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference, Microsoft announced their new Toolbar Suite, a Desktop Search tool which is loosely based on ...

The steps to enable or disable the Microsoft Edge desktop search bar using Registry Editor on a Windows 11 PC are as follows: Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value on the right section Rename that value ...

Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC, a move that could shake up the landscape of Internet ...

I've made no secret of my love for Copernic Desktop Search: It was the first item in my list of five freeware gems I use every day. (David's a fan, too: He prefers it to Google Desktop.) Version 3.0 ...

Copernic, a well-known developer of web search tools, is entering the desktop search marketplace with the release of a new product today. Copernic Desktop Search is available now to Windows users free ...

Windows Desktop Search is an add-on for Windows XP and it's available via Windows Update. It uses the Windows Search service to compile an index of files on your system, which is supposed to make it ...

Pixel phones can now use Circle to Search in Desktop Mode thanks to the Android 16 QPR2 update. Here's how to use it.