New platforms like Adobe Air and Mozilla Prism are evolving that combine the benefits of Internet flow with the flexibility and power of desktop applications. They are part browser, part desktop app ...

The following, written by guest writer Matthew Gertner, is a follow up to his post Bridging Desktop And Web Applications – A Look At Mozilla Prism on March 22, 2008. Many people were slightly baffled ...

If you are a Firefox user, a useful Firefox extension has been created called WebRunner that will allow you to convert almost any web application into a standalone application you can then run on your ...

Many of us use browser tabs to run our most frequented apps: media players, instant messengers, office suites, and more. But while this often means we can take our favorite services anywhere without ...

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Canonical is adding a new feature to its Ubuntu operating system that will allow desktop users to access popular Internet services without opening a browser window. Instead, a Web page can be accessed ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

San Jose based company Pramati announced Dekoh today and gave me a look around the application. Dekoh's goal is to bring the web and the desktop together and to give developers the ability to create ...

Web-based computer programs, unlike their desktop counterparts, are always up to date and are instantly available, no matter where the user is or what operating system she’s running. That’s why cloud ...

Anyone who has been to college knows the pressure of an essay deadline, just as those working away from the office will no doubt need to at some point have to scramble in a mad panic to finish ...