The possibility to uniformly access the WWW using a standard web browser has fostered the development of nomadic desktop computing, allowing nomadic users to run their applications from nearly any location providing access to the Internet. In this paper, we propose an approach to nomadic desktop computing based on the idea of dynamically deploying and executing personalized applications on the ...

Benefits of utilizing desktop virtualization technology in higher education environments include the ability to deploy numerous applications, which may conflict on a traditional desktop, into a single image. Additionally, the utilization of thinclients could produce substantial energy savings and reduce physical desktop replacement costs. Finally, virtualized desktops can be delivered to numero...

OBJECTIVES To compare film, desktop monitor and laptop displays of digitized film images for accuracy of caries detection. METHODS Sixty-four extracted teeth were mounted in eight models and radiographed with E-speed bitewing film. Films were digitized and displayed on a desktop monitor and a laptop display. Six observers scored the presence or absence of enamel and dentinal caries for each p...

In this paper we will give an overview of the Semantic Desktop par-adigm, beginning with the history of the term, a definition, current work and itsrelevance to knowledge management of the future. Existing applications and re-search results are listed and their role as building blocks of the future SemanticDesktop described. Based on the analysis of existing systems we propose t...

BUI: Browser User Interface. BUI is a technology which unifies the desktop environment inside the browser. Implementing such an interface will radically alter the desktop environment. First and foremost, the concept of a separate browser running on a desktop is eliminated. In fact, the browser will be the desktop. The need for having browser as a separate application running on the desktop is e...

Desktop Grid has recently been an attractive computing paradigm for high throughput applications. However, Desktop Grid computing is complicated by heterogeneous capabilities, failures, volatility, and lack of trust because it is based on desktop computers at the edge of the Internet. In a Desktop Grid computing environment, volunteers (that is, resource providers) have heterogeneous properties...

OBJECTIVE This research evaluated the training effectiveness of a novel simulation interface, a wearable computer integrated into a soldier's load-bearing equipment. BACKGROUND Military teams often use game-based simulators on desktop computers to train squad-level procedures. A wearable computer interface that mimics the soldier's equipment was expected to provide better training through inc...

The goal of the Semantic Desktop is to enable better organization of the personal information on our computers, by applying semantic technologies on the desktop. However, information on our desktop is often incomplete, as it is based on our subjective view, or limited knowledge about an entity. On the other hand, the Web of Data contains information about virtually everything, generally from mu...

Good communication is the essence of a successful business. Desktop publishing is one way to create media to communicate with a customer or user. When thinking of desktop publishing, most people automatically think of Adobe PageMaker or QuarkXPress. However, Adobe also produces a less well-known publishing package, called FrameMaker 5.5, that combines the features of word processing, desktop pu...

Mobile web browsers now provide nearly equivalent features when compared to their desktop counterparts. However, smaller screen size and optimized features for constrained hardware make the web experience on mobile browsers significantly different. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive study of the display-related security issues in mobile browsers. We identify two new classes of di...