Users can completely customise their computer desktop, changing, for example, its colour and look.
There are concerns over whether Facebook can make money from people using the site on mobile devices, as users move from the computer desktop version to accessing the site via mobile phone.
Although much of the research in this area is still in its infancy, some experts predict that haptics will soon be as familiar a part of the computer desktop as colour graphics and stereo sound are today.
No wonder we wanted a wall between the developers and the sysadmins, particularly since, in theory, the advent of the personal computer and desktop workstation meant that we could all be responsible for our own machines.
Moreover, as a result of owning their tablet, 40% of tablet gamers played games less often on a laptop computer while 39% played less often on a desktop computer.
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The hiccups for Windows 8, however, have spotlighted the sometimes-awkward fit when software is grafted onto both a tablet computer used for watching movies and surfing the Web, and on a 27-inch desktop computer primarily for workplace functions.
Research firm IDC expects notebook computer growth to hit 138.6 million units in 2008, surpassing 4.0% desktop computer growth at 26.0%.
There was a demo that involved playing strategy game StarCraft II on a desktop computer.
It's a minimalist contraption that includes only the bare essentials needed in a modern desktop computer.
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Chrome OS, and its open-source sibling, Chromium OS, are Google's answer to the desktop computer.
That computer on your desktop in 2000 looked much like the one in 2001.
The government also charged that Microsoft bullied computer makers into ceding control of the computer's desktop.
The kidney blow a declining growth rate for desktop computer sales is yet to come.
The technology was used in some versions of Apple's Power Mac G5 desktop computer, released in 2004.
Mac mini retains its status as the world's most energy efficient desktop computer, using only 11W when idle.
Otherwise, Apple would have remained a high-priced pretty desktop computer that would have only reached a limited audience.
Most important, the physical therapists agree, is taking frequent breaks while using any mobile device or desktop computer.
Employees were invited via e-mail and through fliers to click on the Brightidea icon on their computer's desktop.
We can debate the finer points of whether an iPad or an Android tablet can truly replace a desktop computer.
"The SanDisk ReadyCache is an easy, affordable way to turbocharge a desktop computer, " said Kent Perry, director, product marketing, SanDisk.
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And I was an interactive champion on the 2000 Fox Family game "Paranoia, " winning a top-of-the-line desktop computer with camera.
The problem with CE is just that--it's still Windows, with nearly all the features (and complexities) of a miniaturized desktop computer.
You can even use an old-fashioned wire to hook them up to less-portable devices a desktop computer or CD player, for example.
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Dell are in trouble, and it is becoming increasingly clear that laptops, tablets, and smartphones are gradually rendering the desktop computer obsolete.
Mobile advertising does not generate the same fees as desktop computer-based advertising.
In this case the desktop computer's processors power the software, offering higher quality graphics than could be rendered by the mobile processor.
Correct posture is especially essential if you are using a desktop computer.
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These products are intended for high performance notebooks (which often are the larger screen size 2.5-inch laptops that serve as semi-portable desktop computer).
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The Leap Motion Controller will be equally relevant to desktop computer users as to big screen gamers, all depending on the software available.
Armed with more modern conveniences than many proper homes, the fort has a TV, wall-mounted speakers, desktop computer, air conditioning, shelving, and fluorescent lights.
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