The Tapwave Zodiac multimedia handheld will be available in Singapore stores on 22nd October 2004. The 32MB Zodiac 1 will be available for a suggested retail pricing of S$525, with the 128MB Zodiac 2 for S$699 (SRP exclude GST). The new retail model for the Singapore market will also come with the Singapore charging kit and the latest Zodiac 1.1 software suite.

Tapwave and Mobile Digital Media (MDM) announced that MDM’s officially licensed Palm OS version of Madden NFL 2005 will be made available for the Tapwave Zodiac in November. Available only via software download from Tapwave, the exclusive Zodiac version of the game will support Zodiac-specific features not found on other handheld devices, such as a high-resolution (480 x 320) screen to show off Madden’s superior graphics; game play in landscape mode; analog control with built-in joystick; enhanced stereo sound through the Zodiac’s external speakers; and game vibration effects.

Google said on Thursday it fixed a flaw in its site that could allow outsiders to launch phishing attacks based on Google’s familiar interface, and is working on a second fix for another similar vulnerability. The flaw, which was discovered and posted to Symantec’s Bugtraq security site on Tuesday, demonstrated the ability of hackers using JavaScript to modify and enter their own content within Google’s site in order to obtain personal information, including credit card numbers.

A federal judge has ordered a man known as the Spam King to disable so-called spyware programs that infiltrate people’s computers, track their Internet use and flood them with pop-up advertising. U.S. District Judge Joseph DiClerico issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against Stanford Wallace and his companies, SmartBot.net and Seismic Entertainment Productions.

Sony has released three new S2 Sport portable audio players, the NW-S23 S2 Sports Network Walkman, the ZS-XN10 S2 Sports CD Boombox, and the SRF-M85V S2 Sports Stereo Arm Band Radio.

We’re finishing up one of the key stages in this week’s earlier capacity upgrade and have to perform one task while the ZENPRESS server is down. Ads ‘n such should be offline for less than an hour.

Navman, designer and manufacturer of global positioning systems (GPS), communication and marine products, announced the expansion of its product line designed for the consumer electronics and automotive personal navigation markets. The new pocket-sized and feature-packed iCN 510 has a sleek new design and offers all of the advanced software capabilities of Navman’s existing iCN product line, with dozens of valuable enhancements. With its new touch-screen LCD and long-lasting internal battery, the iCN 510 offers consumers portability and utility.

For transport, safekeeping and optimal protection of memory cards Gepe has developed the unique Card Safe series. The design and special material used, protect the cards from shocks and keeps them securely in place, whilst the unique, Anti-Static lining material prevents valuable data from being erased, or damaged, due to electrostatic effects.

Attackers could use a .zip file vulnerability in multiple antivirus software products to escape detection, according to security firm iDefense. It’s possible to modify the uncompressed size of archived files in both the local and global header without affecting functionality. This vulnerability has been confirmed with both WinZip and Microsoft compressed folders.

ImageRecall 3 now offers expanded recovery support for all known camera RAW and standard image formats, as well as sound, video, Microsoft Office and Adobe pdf files. Additional improvements in usability, performance and speed, result in recoveries that are more than 60 percent faster than previous versions and a more satisfying user experience.