Tag: SPLASHTOP

Even if you've got a blazing-fast desktop rig, starting up a computer isn't instant. If your notebook has Splashtop, though, you'll soon be able to search the web within seconds, before your computer even boots up. Splashtop already offers pre-boot access to a handful of applications, but the search bar will be the quickest way to get to the web. Yahoo! will be the default search engine, but ...

There's been a lot of talk about instant on* software lately. Earlier this year, Asus announced plans to outfit every one of its motherboards with the Splashtop software interface that lets you load a Linux based OS in a matter of seconds without waiting for Windows or another full operating system to launch. This allows you to surf the web, make VoIP calls, or do other basic tasks shortly after ...

It's nice to have a computer capable of running software ranging from Photoshop CS4 to Doom 3. But sometimes all you really want your PC to do is run a web browser, chat application, or media browser. And do you really need to wait 30 seconds to 2 minutes for your whole operating system to boot up just for that? No. Companies like Splashtop have already developed software that lets you boot up a ...

Been so buys buying smaller media companies that you haven't had time to keep up on the week's news? Here's what you've been missing, CBS, Condé Nast, and Comcast: Thunderbird 3 alpha 1 available now Firefox may get all the attention, but Mozilla's Outlook-clone/killer also shows that open source software can hold its own in the instant messaging space. This week saw the release of ...

Want an instant-on PC? Good luck with that. But just because it takes 2 minutes to boot up your desktop doesn't mean that you can't start surfing the web within a few seconds of hitting the power button. Last year Asus began adding the Splashtop embedded Linux operating system to some of its high end motherboards. The OS boots almost instantly, and lets you access a handful of applications like ...

Unless you've got a blazing fast computer, it probably takes you a while to boot up your system. And even with the latest technology and the latest versions of Windows, OS X, or your favorite Linux distribution, odds are that your PC isn't ready for web surfing or watching movies until a few minutes after you press the power button. But why do you need to load your complete operating system if ...