While technically it might able to sit on a desk, we wouldn't exactly call it a desktop printer.
The new release supports the Steam Play licensing system, meaning a customer can purchase it for one desktop platform and play it on another at no extra cost.
Microsoft is being closely monitored by regulators, and if there were any way for it to use its desktop monopoly against Google it would surely have done so by now.
Now in its nineteenth version, though, it's finally getting a desktop, making it look and function a little more like a traditional OS. When you sign in for the first time, you'll see an expanse of wallpaper, with a row of apps pinned to the bottom of the screen -- not unlike the Taskbar in Windows 7.
However, classifying it as a desktop machine may be a bit of a misnomer.
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But you can also click on a traditional Windows application and it will open it in the desktop view.
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Pandora now derives more revenue from mobile than it does the desktop.
It even has desktop versions for when you are in sit-down mode.
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Windows 8 adopts the mobile-optimized Metro design language and usability shell, places it into a desktop context ... and hopes for the best.
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For most of the years we had a server in the basement of my house and we all connected to it using remote desktop.
Once you have finished your document, you can save it in a regular .doc or .rtf format and import it into your desktop word processor.
The service enables you to quickly upload your music into the mSpot Cloud, where you can start listening to it from popular desktop browsers and cell phones immediately.
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Not only that, but you can inspect the code on any mobile device as if it were your desktop browser, which takes a lot of the guesswork out of debugging mobile browsers.
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Could it stabilize sequential desktop ad revenue decline?
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We believed that because it used the same technology as the desktop, we thought it could improve.
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And so, Microsoft's decision to keep the next version of Office on the desktop side of Windows says much about how it views the state of desktop versus Metro-style apps.
It is possible that desktop ASPs overall could see mid single digit declines in 2013.
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The HC5010 (pic after the break) takes a similar approach, but does it in a slim desktop form factor.
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Apple has introduced a very innovative approach to combining HDDs and flash memory that it should extend beyond desktop computers.
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In pushing local search, it also added a desktop-based search even for people who are not logged in to Foursquare.
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It also illustrates how desktop behavior, just like our preferences on smartphones, has migrated to apps and away from enterprise software suites.
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While there is a virtual keyboard for the desktop, it's wholly separate from the version you get in native Windows 8 apps.
In addition to bringing up the Start Menu, you can use it return to the desktop, all without having to hit the keyboard.
In response to demands from Linux geeks, the company said it will begin selling desktop PCs running the Ubuntu Linux operating system last month.
People who access Facebook from a mobile device do it more frequently than desktop users and mobile users spend more time on Facebook than desktop users.
If App Stores are going to intercept web search, Google stands to be less relevant for those queries and users than it is on the desktop.
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"Mac mini delivers the speed and expandability that makes it perfect for the desktop, living room or office, " said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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By passing on its savings to customers, it aims to capture a dominant market share even in the cloud Office market, just like it does in the desktop productivity software market.
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