As the line between " Web Application " and " Windows Client Application " continues to blur those clever rascals at Microsoft Research have been prototyping a new " Social Desktop " From Microsoft Research ..... The Social Desktop blends the Web and PC by embedding Web oriented sharing inside your desktop, allowing every document to have the ability to have a backing social URL for sharing without having to upload or copy or move it from it's natural location. This url provides access not just to the file, but to a built in social experience which includes a rich preview of each item, comments, related items, tags, etc. Whenever friends comment with this social link via the web browser, the conversation is...(read more) ...
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