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04 Mar 2010 10:29

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Tech: Google’s ready to stick a fork in the desktop computer

  • In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs.
  • Google Europe sales chief John Herlihy • Forecasting the future of the Internet. Simply put, he doesn’t think desktops or laptops have a long shelf life. He claimed that cloud computing would eventually become powerful enough that it would allow people to do just about anything on their phones. The statement, of course, is pretty controversial. We don’t even agree, and we like Google a lot. source

03 Mar 2009 10:14

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Tech: In case anyone forgot, Apple has a desktop line

And they updated it today – iMacs, Mac Pros and Mac Minis. Good for them. source