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Google VP Says Desktop PC Will Be Irrelevant By 2013

Google VP Says Desktop PC Will Be Irrelevant By 2013

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John Herlihy, Google's VP of Global Ad Operations, has claimed that desktop PCs would become "irrelevant" in three years down the line, as reported by Silicon Republic. Addressing the Digital Landscapes Conference in Dublin, Herlihy predicted a bleak future for desktop PCs, as smartphones, notebooks, along with other gadgets are evidently gaining grounds over them. In his keynote speech, Herlihy said: "In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most...



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As a part of its efforts to take the consumer PC business even a step further, Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a new series of all-in-one PCs with the view of catering to the needs of both businesses and consumers. This brand new...


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Google's Chrome OS promises to shift people's perceptions of what an operating system should be. But while Google is concentrating on the mobile market, third parties are moving ahead with plans to bring the platform to the...


Microsoft Plotting Death Of Desktop With Windows 8

Microsoft Plotting Death Of Desktop With Windows 8

News Software

If slides of a Windows 8 Presentation document leaked on the internet a couple of days ago are to be believed, Microsoft could well be plotting the demise of the Desktop platform, one which it help make mainstream nearly 30 years...


News@5: iWork on the iPhone 4, Google Caffeine & Adobe's Lightroom 3

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News Mobile & Telco

Apple has unwittingly encouraged rumours that the iWork productivity suite will be available on the iPhone 4 by posting a screen shot showing the option to open an attachment on the device in 'Keynote'.Sony has unveiled its new...


Mobile Internet To Be Bigger Than Desktop Internet By 2014

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Morgan Stanley, the global financial services company, has revealed a new study report which predicts that mobile internet is gaining popularity over its desktop counterpart and more users will go online using mobile phones than...


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News Cloud

In a bid to take on Google and Microsoft in the web based business email domain, IBM has launched the LotusLive iNotes, a sophisticated on-demand e-mail, contact management system. The solution is primarily aimed at large...


Google Puts My Location Feature On Desktops & Laptops

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News Hardware

Google has further stepped up its desktop offerings by bringing its popular My Location feature, a characteristic of its smartphone Google Maps application, to the PCs.  People using Google Maps on their smartphones must be...


Google OS To Use Linux To Challenge Microsoft's Windows

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News Mobile & Telco

Google dropped a bombshell by announcing that it will be developing a Chrome Operating System which would first be pitted as an open source, lightweight operating system for Netbooks. The news was revealed yesterday night on...


Google Rehauls iGoogle, Gmail For Android & iPhone Platforms

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News Mobile & Telco

Gmail users on Android and iPhone smartphones will be able to use keyboard shortcuts and address auto completion, two sought after features which can improve consumers' overall experience significantly. It is a shame though that...


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News Web

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