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Personal Computers

ALSO CALLED: Apple II, Macintosh II, AT Computers, Macintosh IIcx, Desktop Computers, Multimedia Personal Computers, Desktops, Microcomputers, PC, Home Computers, XT Computers, and LISA
DEFINITION: 1) Using an office metaphor, a desktop is a computer display area that represents the kinds of objects one might find on a real desktop: documents, phonebook, telephone, reference sources, writing (and possibly drawing) tools, project folders. A desktop can be contained in a window that is part of  … 
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Podcast: Citrix XenDesktop - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
sponsored by Citrix
PODCAST: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a key enabling component for application delivery overall, and by applying it to a broader context, we can get a huge gain and advantage over the traditional desktop environment.
Posted: 08 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 10 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  Personal Computers
Getting Mobile - Whose Smartphone is it anyway?
sponsored by BlackBerry
WEBCAST: This webcast analyzes the pros and cons of corporate versus personal ownership of smartphones as they relate to security, compliance and cost.
Posted: 28 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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TOPICS:  Handheld Device Security | Handheld Devices | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Personal Computers | Smart Phones | Wireless Computing | Wireless Messaging | Wireless Networks | Wireless Systems
20 Years of LABVIEW Innovation
sponsored by National Instruments
PODCAST: Learn the trends and evolution of an intuitive graphical programming language designed to remove time consuming programming tasks. Develop applications more efficiently and achieve reliable, real-time performance on multi-core processors.
Posted: 07 Apr 2008 | Premiered: 07 Apr 2008
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TOPICS:  Application Development and Integration Services | Computer Controlled Devices | Graphics Coprocessors | Market Trends | Multi-core Processors | Personal Computers | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Development Tools
Locking down Your Web Applications
sponsored by thawte Inc.
WEBCAST: In this final Web Security School webcast, Mike Cobb, Managing Director of Cobweb Applications Ltd. and author of IIS Security, looks at how the actual content of your Web site can open holes in its defenses.
Posted: 15 Sep 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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TOPICS:  Data Mirroring | Internet Explorer | Internet Security | Personal Computers | Phishing | Remote Access Security | Remote Users | Spyware | Web Application Security
 
PERSONAL COMPUTERS DEFINITION (continued): …  the total display area or can be "full-screen" (the total display area). Conceivably, you can have multiple desktops (for different projects or work environments you may have) and switch among them.

In its Windows product, Microsoft provides what they call an Active Desktop. It includes representations of and access to desktop objects and also dynamic Web content as well, including integrated links to Web sites and information areas that are generated as the result of sites pushing requested … 
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