Using the exploit, a hacker could create a website that stores information in the browser's cache that would take the internet user to a different web address or domain. The company said a glitch could allow hackers to pilfer information from...
The software then scans the hard drive in the background to index the full text of Word, Outlook email, Excel files, text files, AOL chat logs, and saved web pages from Internet Explorer -- a process that typically takes between five and six hours.
Google also recently unveiled Google Desktop Search, a thin-client application that lets people retrieve email, Microsoft Office documents, AOL chat logs and a history of web pages previously viewed, all via a web browser.
The MSN Toolbar Suite, which is free, includes an updated version of a toolbar plug-in for Internet Explorer and new toolbars for Windows Explorer, Outlook and the MSN Deskbar. It also includes more points to search for information within Outlook...
s new software is designed for the PC to work as a companion toolbar on Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express email programs, or separately on the desktop. has put its stake in the desktop-search ground following rivals Microsoft, Google and Ask...
Firefox, which has cut into the dominant market share enjoyed by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, is a variant of the open-source Mozilla browser project begun in 1998 by Netscape Communications.