Desktop

It's a bit of a Catch-22 – deploying a new operating system can be an expensive proposition, but not using up to date technology can cost a business worker productivity, recruitment of top talent, and integration with customers and partners. For development shops, making sure your application runs…

Mozy, makers of the popular “cloud” backup service by the same name, have just announced a new client software application for Windows users called, unsurprisingly,  “Mozy 2.0 for Windows.” The biggest change in this new edition of the program is the ability to perform local backups in…

Der dritte Teil unserer Silverlight 3 Staffel der Serie Druckbetankung befasst sich mit der Out-of-Browser-Funktionalität, die in Silverlight 3 neu hinzugekommen ist. Diese ermöglicht es dem User, eine Web-Silverlight-Applikation auf dem Desktop bzw. lokal auf dem PC abzulegen, und von dort wie…

Are you Mesh-obsessed? Well now you can show off your devotion to the new service by displaying the Mesh logo on your computer’s desktop. Thanks to the Live Dev team (and James, for posting the link), you can download a huge pack of Live Mesh themed wallpapers which offer several different…

If you’re running Windows Vista Ultimate, then you know about Windows DreamScene, the feature in Vista which lets you set an animated background as your desktop wallpaper. I ran DreamScenes at first because they were something new to try, but after a while I returned to plain old wallpaper. The…

I read about a new app called Tray Everything, which lets you minimize any program to your system tray, but I didn’t think I would really have a use for it. A few days later, though, I had a number of apps open including Windows Live Writer, Excel, IE, Firefox, my FTP program FileZilla, and an AIR…

In December, we told you about 360Desktop, a new software application for Windows that lets you see your desktop in a 360 degree format. As you open programs and windows, you can spin to a virtual “other side” of your desktop to have more space. Although we were excited for the program back then,…

If you're like me, you're constantly changing your background, perusing through a folder filled with potential wallpapers and then selecting a new one only to find, an hour later, that you want to change it again. (Or maybe I'm just a bit too into customization!)For customizers like myself, there's…

Not a fan of using the taskbar? Skip it with an application called miniMIZE, you can minimize windows to thumbnails that stick to your desktop instead. miniMIZE, a clone of a discontinued app called MINt, has a lot of features, making it a more flexible choice than similar programs, like…

The HP <dorkname>IQ770</dorkname> Crossfire looks like the first machine in a long while to reinvigorate the 'kitchen computer' category. By wrapping everything (sans sink) with a touchscreen, smart industrial design, and some luscious Vista Premium software, the kids from Palo Alto…