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Will the Nettop Kill the Traditional Desktop?
Sales of desktop PCs have been declining for some time now. In fact, notebooks now outsell their deskbound brethren worldwide. This trend isn't surprising, given the convenience, portability and growing affordability of portable PCs. Add to that the rapid ascension of the netbook, with its even smaller dimensions and prices, and shoppers are finding fewer reasons to purchase a bulky desktop unless they crave the ultimate in speed and storage.

Save Business Expenses with Netbooks
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Conficker, IBM-Sun redux, Italy quakes
Security researchers have found that the Conficker worm has been updated to make it harder to fight, and it is also aiming to invade more PCs (3 million to 12 million not being enough, obviously). While security vendors work to fend off the worm, analysts say that Sun is not likely to fend off other suitors now that it has rejected IBM. A major earthquake in central Italy underscored once again how important mobile communications and the Internet are in helping survivors appeal for help and in getting out information.

Benchmarks: 2.93GHz Xeon-based Mac Pros
With its four hard drive bays, two optical drive bays and four PCI Express 2.0 card slots, the Mac Pro is Apple's most configurable Mac, and the company offers a host of different upgrades and options. Macworld Lab tested a couple of different Mac Pro configure-to-order (CTO) systems and the results include our first Speedmark 5 score to top 400.

Digital gear: Essential accessories for netbooks
Residual effects of the 2008 netbook craze are now popping up, with users complaining of cramped keyboards, missing DVD drives and limited functionality. Those are just some of trade-offs for a laptop that is dirt cheap and small in size. Some small accessories designed with netbooks in mind can ease those discomforts. The devices, which include portable keyboards, external storage devices and DVD drives, are small and draw less power. However, some devices can be pricey, so watch your wallet.

VMware View is good news, bad news
VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is seen by many to be an answer to the age-old problem of delivering a solid desktop experience to users without the administrative burden or costs associated with maintaining a physical desktop. Using a mixture of existing technologies, VDI enables users to log into a server-based Windows desktop session via a Web browser or Java client running on thin or fat client hardware. The virtual desktop promises users the same familiar Windows experience, while giving administrators central management and greater control.

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How to build your own Windows Home Server rig
Windows Home Server makes light work of sharing files, streaming media and performing automatic backups from multiple PCs. We'll show you how to build your own home server by recycling an old PC or building out a bare-bones machine.

Adobe AIR, Flash Big Hit at Web 2.0 Expo Conference
As software and Internet companies think about how to make their Web applications more interactive and able to work across various environments (including the desktop), Adobe, with its Flash and AIR technologies, has emerged as an interesting player to watch at this year's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.

Windows Geeks Warm to Macs
At Simply RFiD, a half-dozen software developers yearned for Macs at work. They liked the power and reliability of the Apple machines. Oddly, Simply RFiD made the switch to Mac Pros for its developers to write code for Windows computers.

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