The first time I experienced a virtual desktop was with my little Linux netbook I used at university. With its tiny screen, it wasn't really feasible to have multiple apps open at once, so with a ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Virtual desktops are changing how people access and use computers by delivering full desktop environments through centralized systems. With virtual desktops, users can log in from almost any device ...

One of the oldest and most used features on Windows is the ability to create shortcuts to files and programs stored on your PC. Creating a shortcut is not the same thing as moving the program or file ...

Organizations considering implementing virtual desktops today have many deployment types and vendors to choose from, such as Omnissa Horizon -- formerly VMware Horizon -- and Microsoft's Azure Virtual ...