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Desktop Sales Office 9 9.21 (Windows)

Sales professionals and sales teams sell smarter and win more by mastering contacts, deals, campaigns, appointments, and tasks within a framework built from the ground up for selling: Desktop Sales Office. Plan and prepare by crafting your messages, scripted talking points, and anticipated results, then target prospects and create demand...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows, Software On Sailboats, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition (64-bit) 1.4.218 (Windows)

Gladinet Cloud Desktop GCD supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This is the 32-bit package. The Starter Edition can mount web storage as local folders. Users can access their web files in Windows Explorer. It delivers Web applications to desktop. To make web experience easier, it provides single sign-on to...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Web, Google Docs, Gladinet, Gladinet Cloud Desktop, Backups, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-24

EMC extends deduplication to corporate laptops, desktops

So what?I've already got dedup running on my laptop with the latest version of OpenSolaris and ZFS and I got it for free. It will go into general release so that anyone can get it for free within a week or two. So what's the big deal with this EMC...

Tags: Storage, Notebooks, EMC Corp., laptop computer, de-duplication, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Who's afraid of the big bad cloud?

Not even hybrid apps?Right, got it. You hate everybody who doesn't buy your religion, which doesn't even allow for hybrid applications."I ask why I?d entrust sensitive data to a user with a laptop."You're right, companies can't even trust their own employees. Heck, let's send everybody home and dissolve the whole...

Tags: Desktops, desktop, Google Inc., bad cloud, Desktop Application

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Gateway One ZX4800-02

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The good news about the Gateway One ZX4800-02: it's not a Nettop. Nope, instead this is a full-fledged, $750 all-in-one desktop, complete with a...

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, Monitors & displays, Processors, Gateway Inc., desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

HP offers slew of products and services to bring cost savings and better performance to virtual desktops

Speaking of cost savings......maybe they could do a little work making printer software compatible with Windows 7 instead of just a simple driver which leaves half your buttons non-functioning.

Tags: desktop virtualization, cost savings, virtual desktop, desktop, Hewlett-Packard Co., performance

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop

Not surprising ....Not surprising, considering, Silverlight already supports multi-touch, as does WPF.Silverlight has potential......but platform availability is a factor. MS need to improve that greatly if they want to take a bite out of Flash's share.Rather, catch up[i]Adobe?s platform is appealing, but it?s in a race to stay ahead...

Tags: Network technology, Web browsers, desktop, 64-bit, Adobe Systems Inc., multi-touch

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop

Adobe released the beta versions of its AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 software and the company includes multi-touch support to "bring innovations and optimizations from mobile devices to the desktop." by Larry Dignan

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Multi-touch, Beta, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition (32-bit) 1.4.218 (Windows)

Gladinet Cloud Desktop GCD supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This is the 32-bit package. The Starter Edition can mount web storage as local folders. Users can access their web files in Windows Explorer. It delivers Web applications to desktop. To make web experience easier, it provides single sign-on to...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Web, 32-bit, Google Docs, Gladinet, Gladinet Cloud Desktop, Backups, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-17

EMC extends deduplication to corporate laptops, desktops

EMC extends deduplication backup offerings to corporate laptop and desktops, protecting all corporate assets. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Desktop, De-duplication, EMC Corp., Laptop Computer, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-16

CrossGL Reminder Clock 1.11 (Windows)

High quality Desktop Clock Shareware. Provides alarms, on-date events, timers, daily, weekly, monthly and annual reminders with various assignable actions and sticky notes. Reminder functionality works even when computer is in sleep mode or hibernated. May be used as personal organizer or personal information manager software or simply as event...

Tags: Desktop, Webcam, Microsoft Windows, MicroInvention

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Shop at the Windows Marketplace for Mobile from your desktop browser

Apple was NOT the first, not by far[i]Every mobile operating system now has their own on device application store, thanks to the initiative of Apple with the iPhone and the App Store.[/i]Handango InHand was there a year and a half before Apple even allowed applications on their phone.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handango[i]Handango InHand, available...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile operating systems, Web browsers, Operating systems, desktop browser, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Handango, Handango InHand, Apple Inc., SD card, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Deskman 9.2.1 (Windows)

Deskman allows you to tightly secure desktops and lock computers, and it's suited for both home users and administrators. Combining different options, you can achieve the desired level of security. Deskman is advanced, yet accessible, desktop security manager for Windows. Features Spanish and Japanese language support. User groups and/or individual...

Tags: Desktop, Advisor, Anfibia Software, Deskman, Microsoft Windows, Investment, Operating Systems, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-12

VMware's desktop moves

That's all well and good Dan, but...The bigger picture isn't about VMware, a proprietary product.What is revving up to be the King of Hypervisors is:KVMYep.Take note all you VM'ers.You only need to try this Type 1 Hypervisor just once with Red Hat's Virt-Manager GUI Console to calibrate an understanding.In twenty-five...

Tags: Virtualization, desktop, Take Note, KVM, Dan, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

GNOME delays 3.0 release

The release of the next major upgrade of the GNOME desktop, GNOME 3.0, has been pushed back to September 2010. The release of the next major upgrade of the GNOME desktop, GNOME 3.0, has been pushed back to September 2010. GNOME 2.30 is still intended for a March 2010...

Tags: GNOME, GNOME 2.30, Open Source, desktop, Linux, Chris Duckett ZDNet Australia

News items 2009-11-10

Wallpaper Slideshow LT 1.4.4 (Windows)

Wallpaper Slideshow is a great utility for displaying your favorite photos as desktop wallpaper. Wallpaper Slideshow offers you complete control on your wallpapers collection and allows you to easily set your favorite images (JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP) as desktop wallpaper. Wallpaper Slideshow is simple to use, intuitive and complete...

Tags: Desktop, Desktop Wallpaper, Microsoft Windows, gPhotoShow

Software downloads 2009-11-10

BT Broadband Desktop Help (Windows)

BT Broadband Desktop Help helps you get back on line if you are disconnected, set up your email account and fix issues if it stops working, work in the background, fixing the problems it finds, help you set up your home network so you can share folders and printers, and...

Tags: Desktop, British Telecommunications, Printers, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09

First Step for Your Virtual Desktop Initiative: Conduct a Proof-of-Concept

Proof-of-Concept and intelligence gathering are the first steps. The next step immediately following will be the planning and design phase whereby eight different topic areas will be covered in depth to determine the best solution design. When it comes to the Proof-of-Concept, addressing the critical success factors and making sure...

Tags: Desktop, Success, Virtual Desktop, 10ZiG Technology, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

White papers 2009-11-09

Zune HD firmware 4.3 adds predictive text and desktop mode

Good UpdateIt's the minor things that make the difference, but the update definitely makes the browser a lot more usable just trying it out for the last day. Loading up mobile sites, such as for Twitter and Facebook, is much improved, let alone that one or two regular websites that...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, desktop mode, predictive text, hardware, firmware, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-07