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.

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 ...

Yahoo! has unveiled the Yahoo! Desktop Search application now available as a beta release at http://desktop.yahoo.com. The free downloadindexes the information and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google Inc. is bringing its proven search capabilities to a Windows XP- or Windows 2000-equipped computer near you, helping users to catalog most of the files and content on their PCs through its ...

Google is giving its search results on desktop the "continuous scrolling" treatment over a year after launching the feature on mobile. Continuous scrolling will eliminate the need to click "Next" or ...

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 ...

Pinterest has set the pace for how to present visual search results to those who are looking for pictures rather than words as answers. Now, Google has taken a cue from the startup in its own search ...