If you think the Google Toolbar is useful, then have I got a new tool for you. HotBot this week launched the Quick-Search Deskbar, which enables you to not only search Google, but hundreds of other ...

An extensive look at Microsoft Bing’s attempt to challenge Google, published by the New York Times today, will get lots of attention for the irresistible opening anecdote about Bing general manager ...

HotBot today is releasing its Quick-Search Deskbar, which not only provides instant access to the search engine, but is jam-packed with other useful tools and goodies as well. HotBot has released its ...

Windows only: You don't need a browser opened to launch a web search with Dave's Quick Search Deskbar. It's a Google-powered Leatherman for your taskbar, pulling off ...

For fans of the Google Toolbar (which allows you to Google within Internet Explorer without going to Google itself) like me, Jon Dube’s review in June 2003 of the Hotbot Deskbar came as a surprise.

Search company Google is testing software that lets people navigate the Web without opening up an Internet browser, placing itself in a field that Microsoft has designs on--desktop search. On Thursday ...

Google has rolled out a beta version of its desktop software, adding such features as "Sidebar," which offers a personalized panel of information such as e-mail, stock quotes and news. The software, ...

Google has done it again. We all know about the Google toolbar… probably one of the most redeeming factors for sticking with Internet Explorer (it doesn’t work on other browsers). Then, of course, ...