items tagged with Desktop
Personalising the desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-01-05 19:53:00
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to set the desktop background (also known as "wallpaper") on the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-01-05 19:53:00
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to set the desktop background (also known as "wallpaper") on the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Dell brings “smallest ever” commercial desktop to market
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-09 21:01:00
Are you or your employees stuck in “space-constrained” offices or cubicles? Then Dell’s new “OptiPlex 160” might be the answer to a bit of extra space on your desk, although if a few inches of extra space is the difference between sanity and insanity in the office, you might have other problems.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-09 21:01:00
Are you or your employees stuck in “space-constrained” offices or cubicles? Then Dell’s new “OptiPlex 160” might be the answer to a bit of extra space on your desk, although if a few inches of extra space is the difference between sanity and insanity in the office, you might have other problems.
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Intel soups up PCs with SSDs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2008-09-08 22:59:12
Intel has released a pair of SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for personal computers, claiming nine times the performance of conventional hard drives.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2008-09-08 22:59:12
Intel has released a pair of SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) for personal computers, claiming nine times the performance of conventional hard drives.
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Dell records boom growth in Asia Pac and Japan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-08-29 01:25:10
PC maker Dell has posted strong second quarter results, while claiming particularly healthy growth in the Asia Pacific and Japan markets. What's more the recently troubled company claims to be easily outperforming its main competitors in the region.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-08-29 01:25:10
PC maker Dell has posted strong second quarter results, while claiming particularly healthy growth in the Asia Pacific and Japan markets. What's more the recently troubled company claims to be easily outperforming its main competitors in the region.
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Major feature missing from Adobe Reader 9?
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-08-14 01:35:40
Adobe Reader 9, part of the Adobe Acrobat 9 package, seems to have omitted an important user interface feature that was present in earlier Reader releases, making its usability worse rather than better. I hope this wasn't part of a nefarious plan by Adobe Systems, but just an amazingly clumsy oversight!
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-08-14 01:35:40
Adobe Reader 9, part of the Adobe Acrobat 9 package, seems to have omitted an important user interface feature that was present in earlier Reader releases, making its usability worse rather than better. I hope this wasn't part of a nefarious plan by Adobe Systems, but just an amazingly clumsy oversight!
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ASUS Eee Box gets unboxed in Australia at last!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-12 21:30:39
Ever fancied getting an Asus Eee PC in a tiny desktop case? With the Eee Box, you can do exactly that, in what is effectively a PC version of Mac Mini-type computing solution with a cute Nintendo Wii-style case, Intel Atom processor and great energy efficiency.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-12 21:30:39
Ever fancied getting an Asus Eee PC in a tiny desktop case? With the Eee Box, you can do exactly that, in what is effectively a PC version of Mac Mini-type computing solution with a cute Nintendo Wii-style case, Intel Atom processor and great energy efficiency.
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Fast booting ASUS Eee Box hits the desktop
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-07-30 08:11:55
Although not actually available until September in the UK, ASUS has announced the full specification of its new Eee Box which promises to deliver a little revolution in desktop computing...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-07-30 08:11:55
Although not actually available until September in the UK, ASUS has announced the full specification of its new Eee Box which promises to deliver a little revolution in desktop computing...
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IBM software aims at total recall by tapping data from mobile phone
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-07-29 18:59:54
IBM researchers have developed software aimed at putting to use the wealth of information that can be captured by current mobile devices. The idea is to make data from photos and audio recordings made with mobile phones and similar devices easily retrievable in context on the desktop.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-07-29 18:59:54
IBM researchers have developed software aimed at putting to use the wealth of information that can be captured by current mobile devices. The idea is to make data from photos and audio recordings made with mobile phones and similar devices easily retrievable in context on the desktop.
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Seagate ups the ante with BIG new hard disks
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-14 09:24:43
Fancy a 1.5 terabyte 3.5-inch hard drive in your desktop, or a super speedy 7200RPM 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive in your notebook? Seagate says they’ve done it and they’re coming this year.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-14 09:24:43
Fancy a 1.5 terabyte 3.5-inch hard drive in your desktop, or a super speedy 7200RPM 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive in your notebook? Seagate says they’ve done it and they’re coming this year.
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Eee PC: The desktop version arrives August in the UK
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-20 07:02:30
While there’s no local launch date for the Eee PC desktop edition as yet, those lucky blighters in the UK are getting the first non-notebook Eee PC in less than two months. It bodes well for a rest-of-the-world launch long before the end of the year!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-20 07:02:30
While there’s no local launch date for the Eee PC desktop edition as yet, those lucky blighters in the UK are getting the first non-notebook Eee PC in less than two months. It bodes well for a rest-of-the-world launch long before the end of the year!
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Desktop software: not green, not lean and mighty unclean
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-09 03:17:23
An alternative title for this article was polluting the world, one program at a time but that's not fair. There's plenty of good software being developed that isn't a wasteful source of greenhouse gases, it just generally doesn't sit on the desktop anymore.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-09 03:17:23
An alternative title for this article was polluting the world, one program at a time but that's not fair. There's plenty of good software being developed that isn't a wasteful source of greenhouse gases, it just generally doesn't sit on the desktop anymore.
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Microsoft plays catch-up with Kidaro
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-26 21:40:43
The news that Microsoft intends to incorporate Kidaro's virtualisation technologies into Microsoft Optimized Desktop Pack (MDOP) is a bit of a yawn: haven't we seen this all before?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-26 21:40:43
The news that Microsoft intends to incorporate Kidaro's virtualisation technologies into Microsoft Optimized Desktop Pack (MDOP) is a bit of a yawn: haven't we seen this all before?
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Virtualisation and optimised desktops the Microsoft way
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-05-26 21:11:16
Watch out VMware and Citrix: Microsoft’s wants its value-added virtualisation strategy to turn victorious one of these days, and has not only bought up Kidaro to boost its Optimised Desktop pack but continues investing big money, saying its seeing big success.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-05-26 21:11:16
Watch out VMware and Citrix: Microsoft’s wants its value-added virtualisation strategy to turn victorious one of these days, and has not only bought up Kidaro to boost its Optimised Desktop pack but continues investing big money, saying its seeing big success.
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Asus Eee PC desktop coming at Computex Taiwan?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 08:04:48
The Asus Eee PC in subnotebook format has been the hit portable computer of the year, with the recent 900 series upgrade only brightening the Asus star. Now word comes that an Eee desktop – with the same Linux OS – will be launched at Computex and on sale later this year.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 08:04:48
The Asus Eee PC in subnotebook format has been the hit portable computer of the year, with the recent 900 series upgrade only brightening the Asus star. Now word comes that an Eee desktop – with the same Linux OS – will be launched at Computex and on sale later this year.
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Xobni outs Outlook inadequacies
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-06 04:09:34
I still begrudgingly use Vista, even after making the mistake of retrograding my system to the monumental stuff-up called SP1. I still use Word and Excel 2007, although there are free alternatives that tempt me. However, I dropped Outlook months ago because it's an unacceptable resources drain. Can a new plug-in called Xobni change my mind?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-06 04:09:34
I still begrudgingly use Vista, even after making the mistake of retrograding my system to the monumental stuff-up called SP1. I still use Word and Excel 2007, although there are free alternatives that tempt me. However, I dropped Outlook months ago because it's an unacceptable resources drain. Can a new plug-in called Xobni change my mind?
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