GeneralStartup Envisions 360-Degree Desktop

360Desktop pushes the PC desktop to a panoramic, dynamic workspace.

Recommend this story? Yes No Please Wait... The PC desktop hasn't really changed in the last 15 years, despite the advances caused by the Web. It's still a place where users put their folders, application shortcut icons, assorted files and other junk that ends up mostly cluttered. If the user has changed the wallpaper of their desktop, the image is usually hidden behind all of the icons and assorted junk. The creation of "desktop widgets" hasn't helped much, as these widgets end up taking up more of the PC desktop real estate -- and unless a user adds a new monitor, there's not much space to have.Australian company 360desktop aims to change this with its "panoramic desktop platform," called 360desktop. Available for free from its Web site, the platform extends the Windows desktop into a panoramic workspace (users pan either left or right to access the additional "space").In addition to giving users a way to better organize their existing desktop content (such as application shortcuts, files or folders), the 360 platform lets users add Web 2.0-type content such as Web pages, videos, RSS feeds, slideshows and widgets. This creates a dynamic desktop that lets users get away from their... [ Read more on www.pcworld.com ]

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