Mobilize your desktop!
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 by Chris

Mobilize your office!

For those of us that often travel and work out of the office, it is often difficult to stay in touch. For years, software manufacturers have been trying to create portable offices and means by which we can all stay in touch while out of the office.
The most common methods to connect to the office are via remote connections. Companies like Microsoft and Citrix created portals or utilities called Remote Desktop. Windows 2000 and upwards come with this utility built in, and have even integrated it into Microsoft messenger and Microsoft Live messenger. Other companies like Gotomypc built a program that allows you to connect to any of your own computers anywhere in the world. You need to subscribe to their service however. This enables you to install a program on all your pc’s that will accept incoming connections.

Remote desktop allows you to have your exact desktop from your main computer and access it through the internet as if you were actually on that pc. You are on that pc in fact, just sharing the screen. Now with AJAX,– a new javascript and XML programming language for the internet, new doors are opening to accomplish old tasks in new ways.

Desktop portals that do not require your home pc, or work pc to be involved. These new portals can be accessed anywhere using the internet. If you are at the library, school, the airport, simply login to your desktop portal and you have everything you need.

Some of the leading companies offering internet desktop applications include ORCA although they are still in beta testing. This offers a complete Windows XP, Vista, and MAC interface all done through your web browser. You can browse the internet from your internet desktop even! Dekoh is another desktop portal that has recently launched.

These websites, along with websites like yahoo, pageflakes, netvibes, and yourminis all deliver completely customizable content. If you are curious as to what kind of content you can add, you can choose from a to do list, calendar, address book, email, flickr photos, chat utilities, RSS feeds, youtube videos, myspace profiles, news, weather, reminders and appointments. All available wherever there is an available internet connection!

Sony Ericsson’s Themes Creator 4.0 brings unique personalization options to consumer’s fingertips. The latest version of Themes Creator is packed with a lot of engaging features which invites you to design your ideal Theme right on your mobile desktop.

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Maybe I’m just weird but I’ve always wanted to participate in something fun like this…  Below are a couple of videos from Improv Everywhere.  If you’re not familiar with Improv Everywhere they were the creative geniuses behind the ever so popular Food Court Musical.

“Frozen Grand Central”

“Mobile Desktop”

“In an Absolut World, Everyone Would be Welcomed Home”

Eh oui, comme chaque dimanche, je vous propose LA vidéo Geek qui m’a marqué cette semaine et que vous avez peut être pas vu ailleurs ^^ (et si c’est le cas c’est qu’elle m’a vraiment plu)

Ici c’est une vidéo du collectif Improve Everywhere qui avait réalisé les Frozen Grand Central et Frozen Trafalgar Square où plusieurs centaines de personnes s’immobilisaient en même temps dans des lieux généralement bondés, vidéos qui ont bien sûr fait un buzz incroyable.
Là ce sont des Geek qui prennent d’assaut un Starbucks avec leur PC de bureau, ce qui va bien évidemment laisser perplexe, clients et responsables ^^

Bon dimanche à vous les Geeks !

Once upon a time… in a computing land a long time ago, laptops weighed in at 20 lbs and that was a lightweight model. Then technology improved and laptops became smaller and lighter. There were 12.1″ models that weighed in at 4 lbs. That’s light. That’s small. And that’s just an example. There were an even smaller lighter models for the extremist.

Then came HP. God, I hate them.

The HDX lap…er…um. I guess its a desk-laptop. I don’t know what to call it. This mean machine weighs in at 15 lbs with a 20.1″ screen. The friggin’ box weighs about 25 lbs when they ship it to you.

But…

This is pretty sweet for mobile entertainment. Its just not practical for mobility. Isn’t that what notebooks are for? Hmm… check out this huge…no, GIANT! notebook at HP.

FA-VO-LO-SO ……Per tutti gli appassionati dei sistemi mobili ecco un nuovo device……… 'ultra Mobile Desktop'.

La FCC americana lo ha approvato ufficialmente…….si scherza naturalmente

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