When asked whether a full-featured desktop app can be delivered via the Web, most people picture standard HTML forms, possibly with Java or JavaScript thrown in for aesthetics and minimal ...

Today we're comparing the most popular web-based newsreader, Google Reader, with the freeware, desktop-based readers from Newsgator.

Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

A big-five consultancy introduces a new Google Apps practice, as corporate IT takes a hard look at productivity applications that live in the cloud ...

Like all web-based desktops (or "webtops"), Glide OS offers applications and document access on a virtual desktop you log into using only your browser. But today they unveil one very useful ...

Unlike the web-based WhatsApp Desktop, this new app is native to Windows.

And, web-based desktops that are cloud-hosted make the most sense of all. If you don't believe web-based desktops make financial sense, keep reading. Web-based desktops are web applications.

IBM plans Web-based desktop software Big Blue announces new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996.

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The company noted that Mac users can use WhatsApp Web in their browser or download web-based WhatsApp Desktop app. Last week, Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, added three ...