Weather updates and information are on high demand this week due to the advancing threat of Hurricane Isabel. The AccuWeather.com Wireless BREW application offers zoomable and animated radar imagery directly to a wireless cell phone. Consumers can watch Hurricane Isabel on the radar screen sweep across their wireless handset while zooming in and out on the radar – to view specific metropolitan areas, and state or regional views. Wireless carriers such as Verizon and ALLTEL currently offer the AccuWeather.com BREW-enabled wireless application.

Microsoft and Motorola introduced the first Motorola-branded phone to use Microsoft’s software, the MPx200, which will go on sale first in the U.K. with French wireless carrier Orange. The phone will come to the U.S. later this year, carried by AT&T Wireless.

Buffalo Technology announced the latest addition to its DDR family of memory modules, the DDR533. The DDR533 modules support data sizes of 256MB (DD533-256/HB) and 512MB (DD533-512/HB). This next-generation of memory products features 533 MHz, 64Mbit x 64 DDR (Double Data Rate) synchronous modules, with transfer rates up to 8.4GB/s (in dual DDR mode).

ePeople announced ePeople Teamwork for PeopleSoft CRM Sales 8.8. ePeople Teamwork provides a collaborative workspace, where members of the sales team and subject matter experts can assemble to resolve issues or brainstorm. Resources outside the organization such as a business partner that has insight to either the client or the competition can easily participate in the discussion using a messaging device including Microsoft Outlook, cell phone, pager, PDA or email.

Pumatech announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Synchrologic in a transaction designed to cement Pumatech as the leading provider of synchronization solutions to the enterprise, technology licensing and consumer markets. Valued at approximately $60 million, the transaction is expected to generate operational savings and positive cash flow for Pumatech.

Drudge Report is reporting “MICROSOFT AND MOTOROLA SAID TO BE IN CELL PHONE VENTURE: Microsoft plans to announce on Monday that Motorola has agreed to produce a high-end phone based on the Windows Mobile software platform, media sources tell DRUDGE… Phone designed to make it easy to use e-mail messaging, synchronize phone with a computer…”

SYWARE announced the availability of FoneDB Expense Tracker, a free software application that allows tracking of personal or work expenses using smartphone devices. FoneDB Expense Tracker provides individuals with the ability to track expenses, such as food, travel, and lodging, then email the information to other smartphone devices or to a desktop computer.

Cerience Corporation announced the availability of its RepliGo 1.3=20 document mobility software which provides support for the new Sony CLI=C9 =20 UX Series, Garmin iQue 3600, and Tapwave Zodiac devices. RepliGo=92s document=20 conversion technology transforms Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF=20 files, Web pages and hundreds of other document types into replicas of=20 their original documents for viewing on numerous mobile devices.

PocketMind has released a Smartphone version of its Pocket PC music player,## PocketMusic##. Key features include MP3, OGG Vobis, MP1, MP2 support; an advanced playlist editor; and a Bookmarks feature which allows you to listen to the audiobooks, recordered radio programs, lectures, DJ sets on your Smartphone.

PoGo! Products introduced Radio YourWay, a portable digital AM/FM Radio Recorder, to the European market. Radio YourWay enables users to set a timer or record real-time AM/FM radio as well as listen to their favorite shows at convenient times and locations of their choice. Radio YourWay can also be used as a voice-recorder or to listen to skip-free MP3 music.