Google Desktop 5 Released and Available for Download!

Google Desktop is the downloadable application provided by the search giant that was meant to bring the power of the online search engine on the desktop of every computer. Today, the company announces a new updated version of Google Desktop able to provide better results and improved performance. The sidebar included in the application is now transparent and is able to take the color of your wallpaper, producing a better image of the desktop. The gadgets are easy to install, the interface is transparent, and the search functions are more powerful so you should really give it a try.

The most interesting aspect of the latest version of Google Desktop is the security of the application that was extremely threatened in the last period by two security flaws identified in the program. One of the vulnerabilities allowed an attacker to connect to the affected computer and view all the information indexed by Google's tool. Personally, the search giant released this latest version to avoid possible security issues because this latest edition is surely safer.

As you'll observe when you'll test the application, the company introduced some notification that will be displayed every time a user clicks on an untrusted link, document or file stored on his computer that requires an Internet connection. I guess the search giant uses the same StopBadware.org partnership, the alerts being very similar with the malware notifications displayed by the search engine.

"Desktop Search - Ever searched your computer and seen a row of results that looked almost identical - so you had to open file after file until you found the right one? Now there is a better way: preview search results from within Google Desktop. Don't wait for an entire application to load, just click "Preview" and find the information you want right away. Finding the right file has never been easier!" Kevin Tom, Product Manager, presented another improvement.

If you want to test the latest release of Google Desktop, you can download it from Softpedia by following this link.