June 28th, 2007 | by A Googler | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kan Liu, Product ManagerFor most Linux users, looking for files, documents, or emails usually involves some combination of ‘find’ and ‘locate,’ but sometimes these tools don’t quite do what you’re looking for, like finding that single PDF con…
June 11th, 2007 | by Omar Khan | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Omar Khan, Software Engineer On May 31st Google hosted Developer Day events all around the world. The Google Desktop team gave two presentations: one in Mountain View, and another in Tokyo. Mihai gave the Mountain View talk, and James gave th…
May 3rd, 2007 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Andrew Scherkus, Software Engineering InternIf you’re starting to create desktop gadgets, be sure to try out the new and improved Google Desktop Gadget Designer, included with the latest Google Desktop SDK. It makes creating that great gadget…
April 26th, 2007 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Xiyuan Xia, Software EngineerInternational versions of Google Desktop 5 are ready to go, including a brand new language–Hindi! We want Google Desktop to be your personal information assistant, helping you find the information you want, w…
April 4th, 2007 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing ManagerGoogle Desktop is hitting a milestone today: we’re going cross platform! Google Desktop for the Mac (beta) is now available. We know that whether you use a PC or a Mac, a significant amount of personal …
March 26th, 2007 | by James Yum | published in Google Desktop
Posted by James Yum, Support EngineerSometimes it’s good to share. With that in mind, three of our most popular gadgets have been open sourced under Apache License 2.0 and are now hosted at code.google.com:Moon PhaseTicker for TrekkersWikipedia Search…
March 6th, 2007 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kevin Tom, Product ManagerWith the dramatically increasing amount of content out there, you need better ways to find relevant information, whether searching your computer or reading the latest headlines in sidebar. How could we improve the wa…
February 14th, 2007 | by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical WriterToday is Valentine’s Day. Traditionally, this day of romance is celebrated with chocolate or flowers, lavish dinners out, or even more lavish dinners in. But what if you’re still looking for that special someone…
February 5th, 2007 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer, and James Yum, Support EngineerWhen we published our updated developer doc, we also released a new version of the SDK. Here’s why you should download the latest SDK: New samples! The SDK has lots more sample …
January 29th, 2007 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by James Yum, Support EngineerThe good folks over at code.google.com have launched a Developer Knowledge Base, where most of the Google developer products are represented, including Google Desktop Gadgets. There’s a series of Getting Started art…
January 22nd, 2007 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer If you’re at all interested in writing desktop gadgets, take a look at Modifying Hello World. It’s the first of several tutorials we plan to offer. Even if you don’t know XML or JavaScript, you can complete thi…
December 20th, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kevin Tom, Product ManagerHappy Holidays! Santa has delivered Google Desktop 4.5 in 27 more languages — and the Japanese version is also coming out of beta. Now everyone can take advantage of new features, including: Transparent Sidebar -…
December 20th, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by James Yum, Support EngineerWe’ve released some very fun and festive gadgets just in time for the holidays! Try these out: Christmas Tree by EK Chung and James Yum [USA]A tree that you can decorate. Choose lights, bows, stockin…
December 11th, 2006 | by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical WriterTake a look at our updated developer documentation — pages aimed at anyone who uses the Google Desktop SDK. Of course, the new doc describes the API changes in our latest release, but we’ve made other changes,…
November 22nd, 2006 | by Mendel | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing ManagerWe hope you’re liking the new Google Desktop Sidebar that we introduced last week, but we hope you like it even more with these great new gadgets: NPR Now Playing – Are you a fan of NPR? Well, they’…