A person responsible for the maintenance of desktop computers within an organization. Such individuals troubleshoot problems and may be responsible for some level of software distribution. If required, preventive maintenance may fall under their jurisdiction.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
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- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic
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- Blog posts 2008-12-01
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- According to a new study, it's more distracting to have Paris Hilton's Sidekick in the car than it is to have Paris herself. Sorry, Paris. Cell phones distract car drivers more than talkative passengers -- and hands-free devices don't make for safer driving, according...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas
- Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Photos: Cracking open the Apple Newton
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- Image galleries 2008-11-27
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista
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- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player
- With Netflix pushing hard into the living room with the Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu offering an improved device (the BX100) with HD streaming, and, of course, Apple TV still hanging around, Blockbuster was bound to want to join the streaming movie club, even if the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
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- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- MacBooks: World's greenest family of notebooks
- Apple's latest Get A Mac television commercial proclaims the new MacBooks to be the "world's greenest family of notebooks." The ad touts the MacBook as completely recyclable and says that it uses a quarter of the amount of power of a single light bulb and has no mercury. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Is Apple pricing itself out of education?
- Fellow blogger, Robin Harris, wrote an interesting piece on the costly touches to the new MacBooks (design process, LED backlighting, etc.). Steve's history of putting form before function - or price - comes at a particularly bad time. The worldwide economic crunch - heckuva job, Greenspan! -...
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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- Blog posts 2008-11-22
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- Blog posts 2008-11-22
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- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars
- There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?
- Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its branded apps - Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Details of AMD's Phenom II desktop chips keep leaking out
- AMD will announce its second-generation Phenom quad-core chips at the big Consumer Electronics Show in January. But at the current rate at which the company is leaking information about its first 45nm desktop processors, there may not be much left to say by the time they get to Vegas. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
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