The decision to launch the product followed requests from the Unix community for access to Office applications. Sun Microsystems has launched an add-in card to allow users to run Windows on its workstations.
The not-yet-released power toys (including a Super Fast User Switcher, as well as Virtual Desktop Manager, Command Window Here, TweakUI and Alt-Tab replacement) should have already been included. You can completely Remote Desktop someone else's...
Windows' messaging, Paget argues, is flawed because an application can use messages to control any window on the same desktop, and these actions are not authenticated. The application must include a window that both uses those high privileges and...
Sun released a new, low-cost Unix workstation on Tuesday, but while the company's influence in the Unix market is growing, the market itself is dwindling. The Sun Blade 150 workstation, starting at $1,395, is the latest in a series of inexpensive...
One feature in the Deskbar tool that could help Google's pitch is a global command key ('control, alt, G,') that lets people search a term they have highlighted in a Word document, email or within a browser page automatically.
To do so requires a significant amount of command line work - beyond the ken of most users. If all this is done, the user is then asked to provide his/her administrator account and password for the image to be opened.