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Desktop computers appear to be dying, but BlackBerry Chief Executive Thorsten Heins says he thinks tablets will die soon too.
latimes.com (24 days ago)

Change is in the air for Microsoft in response to ho-hum sales of Windows 8, and it sounds like PC makers couldn’t be happier. Citing various PC industry executives in Asia, the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is being more receptive to their concerns, and could lower its licensing costs to compete with cheap tablets. Microsoft has already hinted at a desktop...
pcworld.com (15 days ago)

Gmail client Gmail Lite takes email out of your browser and brings it, with a twist, to your desktop. This Pokki-based app is incredibly lightweight. Gmail Lite's clean interface makes it easy to use Gmail on your desktop, provided all the Gmail features you need at the moment are supported.The best part of having Gmail on your desktop is the real-time notifications; these...
pcworld.com (2 months and 21 days ago)

After gaining an inside look at Microsoft's upcoming "Windows Blue" update to Windows 8, Windows blogger Paul Thurrott concluded that the desktop could really be on its way out."All the action in this build is in PC settings, and if you were looking for any further proof the desktop being eased out going forward, look no further than this," Thurrott wrote in his analysis on...
techradar.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

Sales of tablets such as Apple's iPad and Google's Nexus are poised to overtake the type of computers that introduced the internet to the masses, said the International Data Corporation (IDC).
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 26 days ago)

One of the hacks at Disrupt NY's Hackathon this year employed hardware startup Leap Motion's new 3D gesture controller, which unfortunately just ran into a delay. Leap Motion's issues aside, this project, the combined effort of Chao Huang, Cedrich Pinson and Jorge Martinez, brings a Facebook Home-style experience to the desktop.
techcrunch.com (26 days ago)

For desktop diehards who thought the next version of Windows might roll back some of Windows 8′s sweeping changes, keep dreaming. Windows Blue, an update to Windows 8 that will reportedly launch this year, has leaked onto the Internet. Features include new Modern-style apps such as Sound Recorder and Calculator, easier home screen customization, the ability to make app tiles...
time.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

For desktop diehards who thought the next version of Windows might roll back some of Windows 8′s sweeping changes, keep dreaming. Windows Blue, an update to Windows 8 that will reportedly launch this year, has leaked onto the Internet. Features include new Modern-style apps such as Sound Recorder and Calculator, easier home screen customization, the ability to make app tiles...
time.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

After Apple launched the iPad in 2010, it didn’t take critics long to start asking if this new breed of one-panel touch tablets would kill the PC market as people opted for slates over clamshells. Now, more than three years, four iPads, and a gazillion Android tablets later, the answer to that question is finally taking shape. Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to...
pcworld.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

I have no icons on my desktop. I have two wide-screen monitors totaling almost 4,000 horizontal pixels, and not a single icon— because one icon often begets many, ending up with a messy, disorganized desktop and crowding my beautiful wallpapers. But $10 utility Fences 2 has me rethinking my anti-icon stance.
pcworld.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
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