Even though MacOS has Spotlight for desktop search, Apple users wanted Google Desktop. Well, now they have it.The Mac version only includes the desktop search features and indexes these file types:- PDF, TXT, and HTML files- email from Gmail, Apple Mail, and Microsoft Entourage- iChat transcripts- Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files- metadata for audio and video files (such as artist and album information)- Address Book contacts, system p

Yahoo launched a new version of Yahoo Widgets (previously known as Konfabulator), a free application that displays small widgets on your desktop. Launched in 2002 for Mac, and then ported to Windows, Konfabulator was bought in 2005 by Yahoo.Google Desktop was launched in 2004 as a desktop search tool, but it started to include support for widgets in 2005. “Google Desktop is a new, easier way to get information – even without searching. You can

Watchfire published a document outlining the anatomy of an attack malicious users could have used to search documents or even take complete control of a remote machine with.  According to the AP, this attack cannot be prevented with firewalls or detected with antivirus software.
"a hacker would have had free reign to use Google Desktop to [...]