<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
was	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
with	O
desktop	B-Application
search	I-Application
capabilities	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
text	O
searches	O
of	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
email	O
messages	O
,	O
computer	O
files	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
chats	O
,	O
Web	O
pages	O
viewed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Gadgets	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
desktop	B-Application
in	O
a	O
Sidebar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
discontinue	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
,	O
the	O
product	O
will	O
be	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
featured	O
the	O
following	O
functionality	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prominent	O
feature	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Desktop	B-Application
is	O
the	O
Sidebar	O
,	O
which	O
holds	O
several	O
common	O
Gadgets	O
and	O
resides	O
off	O
to	O
one	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sidebar	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Email	O
–	O
a	O
panel	O
which	O
lets	O
one	O
view	O
their	O
own	O
Gmail	B-Application
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
News	O
–	O
shows	O
the	O
latest	O
headlines	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
and	O
how	O
long	O
ago	O
they	O
were	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
Clips	I-Application
–	O
shows	O
updated	O
content	O
from	O
RSS	O
and	O
Atom	B-Application
web	O
feeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
–	O
If	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
is	O
installed	O
,	O
double	O
clicking	O
the	O
window	O
title	O
will	O
dock	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
sidebar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Windows	O
Taskbar	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Desktop	B-Application
sidebar	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
Auto-Hide	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
will	O
only	O
appear	O
once	O
the	O
user	O
moves	O
the	O
mouse	O
cursor	O
towards	O
the	O
side	O
where	O
it	O
resides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
searching	O
in	O
the	O
sidebar	O
,	O
deskbar	O
or	O
floating	O
deskbar	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
displays	O
a	O
"	O
Quick	O
Find	O
"	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deskbars	O
are	O
boxes	O
which	O
enable	O
searching	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Deskbar	O
can	O
either	O
be	O
a	O
fixed	O
deskbar	O
,	O
which	O
sits	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
Taskbar	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
Floating	O
Deskbar	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
positioned	O
anywhere	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
includes	O
plugins	O
that	O
allow	O
indexing	O
and	O
searching	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
local	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
email	O
databases	O
,	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
applications	O
 '	O
built-in	O
search	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
,	O
only	O
local	O
databases	O
are	O
indexed	O
for	O
searching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
's	O
email	O
indexing	O
feature	O
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
web-based	O
email	O
service	O
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
;	O
it	O
can	O
index	O
and	O
search	O
the	O
email	O
messages	O
in	O
Gmail	B-Application
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	B-Application
gadgets	O
are	O
interactive	O
mini-applications	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
anywhere	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
desktop	B-Application
–	O
or	O
docked	O
in	O
the	O
Sidebar	O
–	O
to	O
show	O
new	O
email	O
,	O
weather	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
and	O
personalized	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
gallery	O
of	O
pre-built	O
gadgets	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
developers	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
offers	O
an	O
SDK	B-Application
and	O
an	O
official	O
blog	O
for	O
anyone	O
who	O
wants	O
to	O
write	O
gadgets	O
or	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
automated	O
system	O
creates	O
a	O
developer	O
hierarchy	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
"	O
,	O
where	O
programmers	O
can	O
advance	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
gadgets	O
 '	O
number	O
and	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
also	O
allows	O
third-party	O
applications	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
search	O
facilities	O
provided	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
file	O
manager	O
Directory	B-Application
Opus	I-Application
offers	O
integrated	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Search	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
other	O
desktop	B-Application
search	I-Application
programs	O
can	O
search	O
files	O
meta	O
data	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
(	O
for	O
Windows	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
"	O
title	O
"	O
tag	O
for	O
its	O
results	O
lists	O
of	O
all	O
files	O
(	O
On	O
Linux	B-Application
it	O
shows	O
the	O
meta-data	O
of	O
HTML	O
files	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
PDF	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
title	O
meta	O
data	O
is	O
missing	O
from	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
reverts	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
filename	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
to	O
bring	O
Google	B-Application
search	O
technology	O
to	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
received	O
much	O
attention	O
because	O
it	O
may	O
allow	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
proprietary	O
search	B-Application
algorithm	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
centrally	O
administered	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
integrates	O
the	O
user	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
vendor	O
's	O
appliance	B-Application
,	O
exists	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
on	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
feature	O
that	O
distinguishes	O
Desktop	B-Application
2	O
from	O
Desktop	B-Application
is	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Sidebar	O
,	O
a	O
panel	O
that	O
displays	O
personalized	O
information	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
on	O
either	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
desktop	B-Application
and	O
can	O
display	O
real-time	O
news	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
stocks	O
,	O
and	O
weather	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sidebar	O
includes	O
a	O
search	O
box	O
that	O
can	O
search	O
just	O
the	O
PC	O
or	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
other	O
search	O
types	O
(	O
like	O
Web	O
,	O
Images	O
,	O
News	O
,	O
Groups	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
2	I-Application
graduated	O
from	O
beta	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
sidebar	O
plug-in	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	O
and	O
more	O
plug-in	O
developer	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
3	O
Beta	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
3	O
graduated	O
from	O
beta	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
Notable	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
quick	O
search	O
box	O
,	O
which	O
appears	O
anywhere	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
after	O
pressing	O
"	O
control	O
"	O
twice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
4	O
Beta	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Google	B-Application
Gadgets	O
,	O
modules	O
that	O
can	O
deliver	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
4	O
graduated	O
from	O
beta	O
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v4.5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
transparency	O
aesthetic	O
to	O
the	O
sidebar	O
and	O
"	O
floating	O
"	O
gadgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
4.5	O
also	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
5	O
Beta	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.1	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
post-Desktop	O
5	O
Beta	O
release	O
)	O
is	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.5	O
(	O
5.7.0802.22438	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.5	O
(	O
5.8.0806.18441	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.8	O
(	O
5.8.0809.08522	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.8	O
(	O
5.8.0809.23506	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.9	O
(	O
5.9.0906.04286	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.9.0909.02235	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Private	O
Browsing	O
features	O
of	O
Firefox	O
3	O
and	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.9.0909.30391	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.9.0911.03589	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
5.9.1005.12335	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
entirely	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
Desktop	B-Application
1.0	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
,	O
which	O
can	O
function	O
alongside	O
the	O
Spotlight	B-Application
search	O
tool	O
in	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
v10.4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
Desktop	B-Application
v1.4.0.826	O
beta	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
,	O
which	O
plugs	O
into	O
Dashboard	B-Application
for	O
Gadgets	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.6	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
does	O
not	O
function	O
under	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
Snow	I-Device
Leopard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
released	O
Desktop	B-Application
1.0	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
added	O
64-bit	B-Device
support	I-Device
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Desktop	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
version	O
1.1.1.0075	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
1.2.0.0088	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Yair	O
Amit	O
,	O
of	O
Watchfire	O
,	O
found	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
that	O
could	O
allow	O
a	O
malicious	O
individual	O
to	O
achieve	O
not	O
only	O
remote	O
,	O
persistent	O
access	O
to	O
sensitive	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
full	O
system	O
control	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
significant	O
impact	O
and	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
exploitation	O
forced	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
change	O
some	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
's	O
logic	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
version	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
privacy	O
and	O
civil	O
liberties	O
groups	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
(	O
EFF	O
)	O
have	O
concerns	O
that	O
personal	O
information	O
on	O
people	O
's	O
computers	O
could	O
readily	O
be	O
copied	O
from	O
users	O
 '	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
version	O
3	O
contains	O
certain	O
features	O
that	O
raise	O
serious	O
security	O
and	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
,	O
the	O
share	O
across	O
computers	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
introduces	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
search	O
content	O
from	O
desktop	B-Application
to	O
desktop	B-Application
,	O
greatly	O
increases	O
the	O
risk	O
to	O
users	O
 '	O
privacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
V.3	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
allow	O
Search	O
Across	O
Computers	O
,	O
files	O
on	O
an	O
indexed	O
computer	O
are	O
copied	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
potential	O
for	O
information	O
stored	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
others	O
if	O
they	O
enable	O
this	O
feature	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
v	O
.	O
3	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
should	O
be	O
seriously	O
considered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
been	O
some	O
issues	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
indexing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deleted	O
email	O
listings	O
were	O
not	O
removed	O
and	O
required	O
re-installing	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
for	O
any	O
new	O
archived	O
mail	O
to	O
be	O
listed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
users	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
product	O
stopped	O
indexing	O
suddenly	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
index	O
file	O
reached	O
approximately	O
4GB	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
has	O
been	O
resolved	O
as	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Search	I-Application
version	O
5.9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
does	O
not	O
index	O
email	O
or	O
contacts	O
in	O
Outlook	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
does	O
not	O
index	O
email	O
in	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
