Never Run Out of Usable Space with Wrap-Around Virtual Desktop
Need more room on your desktop? You can invest in dual monitors or use any of the many virtual desktop managers that let you create multiple, independent workspaces in which to manage your programs and windows. Recently, though, I found an intriguing alternative.
360Desktop gives you a wrap-around, 360 degree desktop. At its essence, 360Desktop gives you a very wide desktop that you can pan across by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen (or clicking in a small "map" of your desktop that lives at the top of the display). The display eventually wraps back on itself, so you can spin around a full 360 degrees to get back where you started.
360Desktop is complemented by some gorgeous 360 degree desktop images (and you can download more). More intriguing, though, is the fact that 360Desktop works with an extensible set of downloadable widgets.
The app is free, but ad supported -- though you can eliminate the ads for $3/month.
It works with Windows XP, Vista, and even Windows 7, as well as multi-monitor configurations. 360Destkop looks like a great way to spread out and create some virtual workspace in an elegant way. Give it a try and let me know what you think.