Previous
IE 4.0 to get smoother Active Desktop, UI tweaks
News However, he did disclose that users could expect a smoother Active Desktop and tweaks to dialogue boxes and other UI bells and whistles. There will be no more general beta releases of IE although members of the Site Builder programme will get an...
[August 27, 1997, 16:57]
Using SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop With Microsoft Active Directory Infrastructure
White Papers Heterogeneous IT environments are a fact of life. Nowadays information-driven enterprises have grown up with Microsoft and have come to depend heavily on Microsoft operating systems. And that means they have had to work hard to integrate home-grown...
[April 4, 2007, 1:00]
Active Today
Downloads NOW WITH SUPPORT FOR NOKIA 7610, 66x0, N-GAGE and SIEMENS SX1 Active Today is a top class one-page personalized desktop providing an overview of today's information and quick access to your key applications on the Nokia 7610/6600/36x0 & SX1.
[June 23, 2003, 8:00]
Winwall
Downloads It works on both the standard and the Active Desktop environment. It has the power to display JPG and GIF file type to desktop when your desktop is not set to view as Web page or without Active Desktop.
[August 23, 2005, 3:08]
Adobe looks towards Linux
News Adobe is active in OSDL's desktop Linux working group, according to a source familiar with Adobe's efforts. Adobe, maker of major desktop software products such as Photoshop and Acrobat Reader, has begun a quiet effort to become more involved with...
[November 3, 2004, 13:43]
Active Wallpaper Changer
Downloads Active Wallpaper Changer is a cute easy-to-use program that changes your desktop background within defined time interval. Also, you can make your wallpapers look more creative by adding filters and effects and adding attractive frames to the photos...
[October 9, 2007, 11:54]
MS tantalises with IE 4.0 glimpse, beta next month
News The firm will next month release a first beta of Internet Explorer 4.0, building in the vaunted Active Desktop, a way of combining the client desktop with Web browsing and live content presentation. Microsoft showed possible look and feel...
[January 28, 1997, 16:17]
Microsoft on Trial: MS a '1,000-pound gorilla' says Disney
News Wadsworth's deposition, taken in September as part of the government's ongoing antitrust case, centred on threats Microsoft allegedly made regarding the Disney channel on Microsoft's Active Desktop. Wadsworth described how Microsoft had threatened...
[December 16, 1998, 12:55]
MS owns up to IE problems, plans for future
News Mehdi also said that the Active Desktop Web/desktop integration feature of IE 4.0 wasn't being used by some users. The biggest knock on Active Desktop is that it requires more RAM; there is a performance hit.
[December 18, 1997, 16:04]
IE 5.0 will browse and broadcast
News Barry Parr, director of consumer Internet with International Data Corp.said the move was reminiscent of what Microsoft tried to do with the active desktop to establish a relationship with media companies.
[March 15, 1999, 9:30]
US Report: Future Windows - have it your way
News Windows 98 and its Active Desktop, due in two weeks, go well beyond simple browser integration. Active Desktop enables users to access Web sites and local applications from the same Web-like interface.
[June 9, 1998, 9:55]
Microsoft IE claim debunked
News Removing IE 4.0 from Windows 98 in particular eliminates the very features that will incur the most costs in a corporate setting: Active Desktop, channels and the Web-based Windows System Update. The Active Desktop user interface, for example...
[December 19, 1997, 11:04]
A Year Ago: Win 98: Microsoft turns down the hype
News Weeks said that many corporates who feared the costs associated with supporting and training staff on the Active Desktop will revert to the orthodox user interface, making the transition even more seamless.
[August 27, 1998, 5:37]
Win 98: Microsoft turns down the hype
News Weeks said that many corporates who feared the costs associated with supporting and training staff on the Active Desktop will revert to the orthodox user interface, making the transition even more seamless.
[August 27, 1997, 16:14]
A Year Ago: Microsoft IE claim debunked
News Removing IE 4.0 from Windows 98 in particular eliminates the very features that will incur the most costs in a corporate setting: Active Desktop, channels and the Web-based Windows System Update. The Active Desktop user interface, for example...
[December 25, 1998, 5:45]
How Opera's business model works
Blog The excised stuff was, however, extremely interesting - particularly what von Tetzchner had to say about the desktop/mobile user numbers, versus the desktop/mobile revenues. Q: What desktop share does Opera have at the moment, globally?
[May 22, 2009, 12:59]
blinkx
Downloads Desktop search Split second search for files, emails and email attachments on your computer. Search your desktop or the web for relevant information. Automatic and fast indexing of desktop documents: Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel...
[September 27, 2005, 8:00]
IE5 Launch: Microsoft introduces kinder, gentler IE
News When Microsoft introduced IE 4 in the fall of 1997, it presented users with a completely new interface, including further integration between the operating system and browser and an active desktop, which gave users a series of channels on their...
[March 18, 1999, 7:24]
Intel bets on open source future
News Active Management, embedded in the chipset, allows administrators to remotely manage desktop machines over the corporate network, and quickly remove them from the network if they're infected by a virus, for example.
[August 8, 2005, 16:45]
Intuit puts IE on Quicken menu
News Intuit said that it chose IE "because of the flexibility its open architecture offered for seamlessly integrating the browser into its desktop software products," according to a company statement. Now Quicken users will be able to access online...
[July 11, 1997, 13:58]
