google-desktop-search

How does Google Desktop Search manage to stay light and fast?

I always wondered what different methods Google Desktop Search is using so that it uses least CPU and memory while indexing a computer containing more 100,000 files on an average. In just few hours it has indexed the whole system and I did not see it eating up my CPU, memory etc. If any of you have done some research, please do share. ...

how do I best/easiest index my matlab (.m) files?

I need to search a large set of matlab (.m) files, and I can't find a way to do it in Google Desktop. I haven't seen any source code indexer that supports matlab either. What options do I have? ...

In which language was google desktop developed ?

In which language was google desktop developed ? ...

Integrating Google Desktop Search into a website using PHP, hosted in a Linux environment.

Is there a way to make a search call to GDS in PHP and have it return XML containing the search results? The Google Desktop API documentation page specifically states: "This document describes methods for issuing Desktop search queries using HTTP and XML. This XML-based API is supported by both the Windows and Mac OS X versions of ...