GadGets

Hi,
Pardon me if the answer is obvious to some of you (I am not a technical person). I have a team that is creating a news website, and our requirement is to create a client side app which can be downloaded by our users such that-

If our server gets a news item on any topic, there should be a small msn messenger type message that pops up for literally 2 seconds on the desktops of our users who are interested in that topic informing them that they have a news item of interest. They should be able to click on the pop up to go to the relevant area of our website to read the news item.

For each client to know that they have a news item of interest on our website, does the client have to keep pinging our server or is there a way that the client can be directly informed by the server itself? In other words, is there any way to enable this using pure push technology where the client does not have to ask the server whether there is a news item of interest? Which approach is better?

I am building a home server that I want to attempt to use as a router and for extra accessable storage from my desktops. I don’t know what version of linux or unix would be the best. I am kind of new to linux, but I have played around with it for awhile now.

I am looking into buying one

Or do I need Boot Camp?

Which do you think will be best?

carrying a laptop these days looks like an obligation or compulsion to me ,,,,what are the reasons behind the sales of laptop outstripping the desktops ?

thanks in advance
it adds to our personal identity

processing power on the move,,,,,

nice points

All in the title…

I want a better graphics card than the one I have in my HP computer, but I don’t know if all of the cards will fit in my computer. (I don’t want to buy a card then have to return it because it will not fit in my computer.)

Okay, besides Mac. I want a desktop and have had two Dells so far. I want to try something new.

Thanks.