Also, this week Google announced Google Desktop, a free downloadable application that combines desktop search with a sidebar that links to Web searches and personal files.
"You can see essentially a very high performance cluster the size of a desktop, at the cost of a desktop, " says Nvidia board member Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"Whether you're talking about a desktop or a server, the operating system is doing most of the job, " McCarron said.
The Microsoft people described it as a powerful hybrid operating system that could operate as a desktop and a tablet.
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Mr. Munson, a 40-year-old human resources-and-finance worker, has a desktop, a laptop and a smartphone and 7-inch tablet powered by Google Inc.
Without knowledge and care, a responsive website can make unnecessary server requests and download images scaled for a desktop on a mobile device.
This is how it works: a customer on an online travel site who is searching for a flight on the desktop closes a browser on the desktop.
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Now it takes just a few seconds, delivering the necessary information to a corporate desktop or a salesman's mobile phone.
The Thunderbolt Express Dock is a first-of-its-kind docking solution for both PC and Mac users that enables instant access to up to nine desktop peripherals with one cable, and provides an easy transition from a desktop workstation to a mobile device.
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Thanks to the added processing power, the Atrix 4G can dock to a monitor or laptop shell to become a desktop computer running a modified version of Android.
The Desktop SSHD enables a desktop system to boot in seconds not minutes for an "instant on" experience, run favorite applications faster or simply breathe new life into an aging desktop PC.
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The company has expertise in the production and management of documents: color and black-and-white, digital and paper, across networks or on a desktop, in a commercial print facility or a quick-print shop, for the small office or the global enterprise.
That focus is a part of the mobile computing ethos espoused by CEO Thorsten Heins meant to have BB10 devices be users' personal, portable computing terminal that is simply plugged into a screen -- whether it's a desktop monitor, a car or somewhere else -- that delivers a uniform experience.
In 2003, Falcon Northwest released the FragBox with the intention of providing a full-powered gaming desktop in a portable package for LAN parties.
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That said, if we assume the as yet unknown price isn't stereotypically high -- and that audiophiles don't mind a big, potentially noisy desktop as a home theater PC -- the Hi-Fi Z77x could be a treat for those who want to wring every nuance out of music and movie soundtracks.
The MacBook Air Dock allows users to incorporate the MacBook Air into a desktop setup or home theater system, so users get the best features of a laptop, desktop and media center PC all from one computer.
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Looks more like a high-end all-in-one desktop than a portable.
The process, which uses a desktop machine similar to a slit-lamp, is simple and painless.
However, classifying it as a desktop machine may be a bit of a misnomer.
Facebook's made no bones about the fact that its focus has shifted from a desktop web- to a mobile-focused company.
The LaCie 5big allows video professionals to move from a heavy desktop workstation to a versatile laptop setup with fast and massive external storage.
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She added that another icon, for the photo gallery, was taken from a desktop wallpaper image of a sunflower that Samsung had used previously.
One of many companies demoing a gaze-following setup is Fujitsu, which is showing off a prototype desktop PC with a built-in sensor and infrared LED.
The platform, which over a desktop computer is essentially a free and unlimited iTunes account, plays for about eight hours a day over my computer speakers.
Emerging markets, where people may be more likely to watch video on their phones than on a desktop computer or even a TV, are a big target.
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Meanwhile, IT organizations that have already shifted from a desktop-based to a server-based model will be able to respond to the Y2K threat more quickly, and their highly visible success should further drive the market in that direction.
Dropbox became popular as a simple way for people to sync files across mobile, desktop and a variety of devices.
With the Seagate Desktop SSHD, users can now experience SSD-like performance while enjoying the capacity of a desktop hard drive- all at a fraction of what a similar size SSD costs.
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That minuscule price is attached to Norhtec's Microclient JrSX, a desktop PC the size of a large novel.
Take, for example, the GUI or Graphical User Interface, which allows the moving of items on a desktop computer using icons and a mouse.
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