"certain aspects of desktop and laptop operating systems start imitating the little upstarts that had initially imitated them... Apple's Mac OS X Lion (which I includes the Mac App Store, full-screen apps, and multitouch gestures."(HP has webOS, Microsoft with Windows 8 is far behind in the field)
COMPUTING
The Desktop Is Turning Mobile
Credit: Technology Review
"It's very likely that PC operating systems will be affected by mobile devices' operating systems—and more broadly, that the lines between the two will increasingly blur," Michael Dahlin - computer science professor at Univ. of Texas