Why does my Google Desktop search contact internet?

April 21st, 2005 Voice of concern against Google Search History Tool

November 8th, 2006 Internet search engine leader, Google has warned Australia (why does Google start sounding like Microsoft with each passing day?) of going back to "pre-internet era" if the proposed changes to Australia's copyright laws are legislated. "Given the vast size of the Internet, it is impossible for a search engine to contact personally each owner of a web page to determine whether the owner desires its web page to be searched, indexed or cached," Google said Tuesday.

June 28th, 2006 Google announces Google Desktop Gadget contest, with $8,000 in cash prizes. You can use Google Desktop Gadget Designer, a new developer tool for creating, maintaining and debugging gadgets faster than before.

November 3rd, 2004 I have been using Google Desktop for about a week now and it is a wonderful tool to have, except for few caveats. It works seamlessly out of box (didn't yet find out where it is storing all the indexed information) and is very useful to find information specially for people like me who loves to store information, yet don't give enough time to organize it.

January 8th, 2008 It has been several hours since Google search went down. Google services on google.com domain, including but not limited to GMail or Google Analytics, Google Adsense etc., are down too while blogsearch.google.com is up and running.

January 18th, 2006 Search best browser on Google and Mozilla Firefox is returned as the first result. If you are into I'm Feeling Lucky search then it will directly take you to Firefox home page.

July 9th, 2006 Nowadays it is common to complain about the accuracy of Google web search results (not image search as I have done in my earlier post). Most of the people complaining about Google web search are SEO types and those who have been affected by sudden lack of Google love.

August 7th, 2009 Google search engine now available in HawaiianHILO, Hawaii — Google users can now use the popular Internet search engine in the Hawaiian language. Web surfers can find the option, "Huli ia Google," or "search Google," on Apple's Safari browser, thanks to a project by a University of Hawaii at Hilo professor.

January 10th, 2009 LONDON - Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate the same amount of harmful carbon dioxide as boiling an electric kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research quoted Sunday. A typical search generates about seven grammes of CO2 whereas an electric kettle generates about 15 gm, The Sunday Times quoted a Harvard University physicist as saying.

September 3rd, 2009 Executive who led Google's China expansion leavingBEIJING — The executive who led Google Inc.'s expansion in China after being hired away from Microsoft Corp. following a high-profile court battle is leaving to start his own business, the U.S.

May 3rd, 2007 No seriously, a significant portion of my brain is in Google databases, accessible to everyone around the world. I only keep the index.

November 19th, 2006 I have been using GMail for some years. There are 5 things which I like most about GMail which makes it apart from competitors.

July 30th, 2009 A look at how the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will workAlthough Yahoo and Microsoft could soon be working together on Internet search, their collaboration would mostly occur behind the scenes. Consumers would still see Yahoo's logo striped across Yahoo.com.

October 26th, 2006 I have been in an interesting discussion with a very high profile client when Google Search came up. One recurring thought which came up was how the apparent strength of Google search, that made it the number one search engine, is its very weakness in several industries.

June 19th, 2006 Google Inc. unveiled a search site today to help you find U.S. government information.