Google stumbles with new desktop tool
Google wants to help you effectively access the piles of information you store in the documents, e-mail messages, Web pages, and contact lists stuffed on your PC. And who better to help you than the most popular search engine on the Net, right ? Not so fast.
Though it lacks a few features, the beta version of Google Desktop Search does give the same satisfying results for your PC that Google.com provides for the Web. But as it’s designed now, GDS also delivers a potential security nightmare, say industry experts.
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