MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. on Thursday became the first tech heavyweight to tackle the daunting task of uncluttering computers, introducing a program that quickly scours hard drives for ...

Searching for data on a PC used to be a series of isolated activities. Users needed one or more computer-based software utilities to hunt through the hard drive for specific files containing keywords.

Microsoft and Apple Computer are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive. The software makers have made ...

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 ...

Yahoo on Tuesday will become the latest search engine to provide a product for searching hard drives, following similar launches by rivals Google, Ask Jeeves, and Microsoft. With the release of its ...

Hi Everyone,<BR><BR>I was wondering what the current consensus is on the best desktop search program? If you want to advocate one particular program, feel free to do so. If you'd like to do a ...