The era of "information appliances" - electronic gizmos designed to tap into the Internet, often for specialized transactions - is approaching, and with it the end of the PC as the primary tool for online access.

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Li made his fortune during an era when the PC was the main online search tool.

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The Groxis search tool loads onto a PC as a Java applet (it doesn't support Mas OS 9.x), and helps users quickly search for the right product from what works out to be millions of combinations of carpet tile.

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There are numerous stories out already about large companies switching from PC laptops to iPads as the primary tool for field personnel, salespeople and busy executives.

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The release follows an earlier software tool that helped Android apps make the jump from a phone to a Windows PC.

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The application costs nothing and works with around 30 games thus far (pre-loaded in the beta as "profiles") -- NVIDIA sees the software not as a tool for direct monetization, but as a means to grow the accessibility of PC gaming.

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Another, called Kyte, created an addictive tool for anyone to produce and broadcast interactive video and photo channels to and from a PC or mobile phone.

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Shadow is yet another tool by Adobe which focuses on HTML 5 development as Flash becomes increasingly irrelevant in a post-PC world.

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