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Norwegian browser Opera aims to topple reigning Internet Explorer

No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the fastest Web browser you've never heard of ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Google buys Canadian 3D desktop software startup

Bump Technologies told fans of its 3D desktop computer software on Monday that it has been bought by Google.

Technology / Business

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Seeking dark matter on a desktop

Desktop experiments could point the way to dark matter discovery, complementing grand astronomical searches and deep underground observations. According to recent theoretical results, small blocks of matter ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Muziic turns YouTube into rich source for songs

A schoolboy and his father have unleashed software that lets people listen to YouTube's vast collection of music videos as if it were a private collection.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

(AP) -- Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."

Technology / Internet

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can.

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Review: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft

The venerable PC is at a crossroads. Sales growth has slowed to a crawl. And consumers and developers are increasingly turning their time and attention to smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (29) | comments 52

Review: New iPad screen is eye-opening upgrade

(AP) -- Beware the new iPad, not because it's an inferior product, but because it's a superior one. Using one is like living the life of a millionaire for a day, then getting dumped back in your regular life. Your eyes are ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Microsoft demos three new whiz-bang technologies it's working on (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft isn’t really known for giving the world at large much of a clue regarding what it’s working on regarding future products (other than Windows) thus it came as rather a surprise ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Researchers develop one of the world's smallest electronic circuits

A team of scientists, led by Guillaume Gervais from McGill's Physics Department and Mike Lilly from Sandia National Laboratories, has engineered one of the world's smallest electronic circuits. It is formed ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Microsoft previews Windows 8, stresses tablets (Update 2)

Microsoft pulled back the curtain on new Windows computer operating software designed to power not only personal computers but also rivals to Apple's iPad.

Technology / Software

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Microsoft takes Office into the 'cloud' (Update)

Microsoft took its Office software into the Internet "cloud" on Tuesday, moving the suite of popular business tools online amid budding competition from Google's Web-based products.

Technology / Software

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google cranks up search speeds with images, voice (Update)

Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Free vs. fee: Push is under way to collect for Internet content

The axiom about free lunches got tossed out by the Internet. Web downloads have delivered all manner of no-pay music, news, movies and software. Years of trying to put them behind a cash register have mostly failed.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Desktop

Desktop refers to the surface of a desk.

The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances (such as photocopiers and printers) which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor.

Desktop may also refer to:

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