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PC Tools Desktop Maestro 2 (Computer Active)
The PC world is full of Registry cleaners, aiming to free your system of the junk left over by long-removed applications. And so you might not think you could possibly benefit from installing another, yet PC Tools Desktop Maestro could well be worth the effort. | | | Citrix makes virtualization splash with new version of XenApp to speed desktop applications delivery (ZDNet)
In my thinking, virtualization is allowing the best of the old central command and control with the new user flexibility and ease of innovation. Virtualizing broadly places more emphasis on the datacenter and less on the client, without the end user even knowing it. by Dana Gardner | | | News and views on Linux on the desktop ... (Desktop Linux)
Linux 2.6.26 enhances desktop Linux — Jul. 16, 2008 — A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts read-only bind mounts, better USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh WiFi, virtualization and paravirtualization improvements, and a ton of new peripheral drivers. ... | | | A video tour of openSUSE 11 (with KDE 4 desktop) (NewsForge)
SUSE has been around almost since the dawn of consumer-level desktop Linux, and openSUSE 11 upholds the SUSE reputation for having not just a wide range of available applications, but also excellent documentation and a fine user-to-user support community. For this video we chose the KDE 4.x desktop option. KDE 3.5x and GNOME are also available as defaults in openSUSE. | | | Persystent Technologies Introduces Desktop Virtualization Solution; Eases Adoption of Going Virtual for the End User (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Persystent Technologies, a leading provider of automated PC repair and high-speed imaging software, today introduces Persystent Virtualization. Persystent Virtualization is a powerful new solution that eases deployment, maintenance and control over virtual desktop environments, while providing end users with greater personalization of their virtual desktops. | | | Google releases Gears beta for Safari (MacNN)
Google has announced that a beta version of Gears is available now for Safari. The Gears open-source project began by developing JavaScript APIs that are necessary for offline access to web apps, but the broader aim is to utilize the inherent power and storage space of computers to make web-based applications as powerful as desktop apps. Gears is also available for Firefox, Internet Explorer ... | | | Nepomuk and KDE to introduce the semantic desktop (NewsForge)
If you follow technology trends, you have probably heard of the semantic desktop -- a data layer for annotating and sharing the information in your computer. But what you may not be aware of is that the semantic desktop is not a distant goal, but scheduled to arrive at the end of 2008. And, when it does, the idea will probably be implemented through the work done by the Nepomuk project, and, ... | | | Nortel delivers secure access on a stick (vnunet.com)
Daniel Robinson, vnunet.com , Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 14:58:00 Secure Portable Office provides virtual desktop for accessing remote applications Nortel has introduced a mobile environment on a USB memory stick, designed to provide secure access to applications and data for mobile workers.... | | | Can JavaFX make a play for rich Internet apps? (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race it has entered very late -- and where Adobe Systems and Microsoft have a huge head start. | | | News and views on Linux on the desktop ... (Desktop Linux)
OpenSUSE rolls out auto-build service — Jul. 09, 2008 — The OpenSUSE Project has launched an automated build system aimed at helping developers build and package their applications. | | |
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