Nokia plans to add WiMax connectivity to its N-series Internet tablet next year, the company said Wednesday. WiMax is a wide-area networking technology that offers faster download speeds than 3G (third-generation) mobile networks and has a wider range than Wi-Fi. Adding WiMax support to the Internet tablets will allow users to surf the Web or make calls using Skype away from Wi-Fi hotspots.

Nokia’s current Internet tablet, the N800, has a wide screen display with a resolution of 800 pixels by 480 pixels. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. The N800 does include support for cellular networks, although Bluetooth can be used to connect with a cellular phone.

Kingston Technology announced it is releasing microSD High-Capacity Flash memory cards, starting with a 4GB microSDHC card in a Class 4 speed rating. Providing speed and capacity increases in the smallest footprint available, Kingston microSDHC cards are perfect to meet the rising communication and multimedia demands of mobile phones and digital devices able to take advantage of the advanced expansion memory platform.

A third of parents believe children spend too much time online, and mothers worry far more than fathers about whether certain Internet sites are appropriate for kids, according to a new survey.

Researchers for the nonprofit Common Sense Media and education foundation Cable in the Classroom also found that one in four parents worried that time spent online kept children from exercising or enjoying the outdoors.

Although four out of five parents said the Internet helped their kids in school, nearly three out of four acknowledged that they’ve had “issues” with their children’s online activities, including excessive exposure to advertising or commercialism online and exposure to coarse language, or sexual or violent content online.

A critical flaw in the way that the AOL’s instant messaging client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack, security researchers are warning.

The flaw was discovered by researchers at Core Security Technologies, which has been working with AOL over the past few weeks to patch the problem. AOL’s servers are now filtering instant messaging traffic to intercept any attacks, but the company has yet to patch the underlying problem in its client software.

Designed for individuals and traditional mobile phone users looking for a better way to manage their professional and social lives, Palm and Sprint introduced the Palm Centro smart device, at $99.99. With voice, text, IM, email, Web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-color touch screen and full keyboard, Centro brings Palm simplicity and organization to customers who want to stay connected with co-workers, friends and family. Centro will be exclusive through Sprint in the United States for 90 days and is available in onyx black or ruby red.

With Centro, Sprint customers can quickly and easily text co-workers and friends, manage email, keep track of their schedules, check stock quotes, watch videos on YouTube, keep current on the latest news, capture and share pictures, browse restaurant reviews on Yelp, and get directions on Google Maps–all in one small, compact phone. Centro operates on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network–the fastest and largest national mobile broadband network–giving customers a fast and flexible experience with entertainment and resources on the go.

MontaVista announced the new 5.0 release of MontaVista Mobilinux, the mobile operating system used in 90 percent of Linux-based smartphones. Mobilinux provides a commercial-quality, field-proven embedded Linux operating system optimized for mobile devices plus a rich development environment for the engineers who design them.

Mobilinux 5.0 will enable manufacturers to deliver new mobile devices (such as phone handsets, GPS devices, portable medical devices, and wireless point-of-sale terminals) to consumers more quickly and with new functions, breakthrough connectivity, fast performance, NSA-level security, and battery-extending dynamic power management.

CommonTime announced the beta release of mNotes5–secure, wireless Lotus Notes email for individuals. Now there is an easy way to set Lotus Notes free–wireless push email the easy way. “With mNotes5, the individual user gets a wired and wireless, secure, full email and PIM push solution without consuming any of their organization’s IT and support resources.”–Rob Colver, Customer Support Director, CommonTime.

mNotes 5 brings information and communication to your fingertips, with enterprise strength security and device management features designed specifically for individual users. Renowned in Notes/Domino circles as the gold standard for enabling the use of Lotus Notes functionality on handheld devices, mNotes5 is the software for the next generation of Lotus Notes users.

A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down.

The electrical attack never actually happened. The recorded demonstration, called the “Aurora Generator Test,” was conducted in March by government researchers investigating a dangerous vulnerability in computers at U.S. utility companies known as supervisory control and data acquisition systems. The programming flaw was quietly fixed, and equipment-makers urged utilities to take protective measures.

There was no evidence any U.S. utility company suffered damage from hackers or terrorists using this technique, U.S. officials said. But these officials cautioned that affected systems are not routinely monitored as closely as many modern corporate computer networks, so there would be little forensic evidence to study after such a break-in.

DataViz announced the availability of its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync, for Motorola’s Symbian UIQ based, multimedia slider phone, the MOTO Z8. Based on the Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol licensed directly from Microsoft, RoadSync for UIQ, version 2.003 is the only Z8 solution to provide secure, wireless and direct push synchronization of email, calendar, contacts and attachments with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007.

iSkoot announced the launch of their new iSkoot v1.1 mobile application for Windows Mobile handsets. The new mobile application supports all Windows Mobile 5 and 6 handsets, bringing its advanced feature set to over 200 additional devices worldwide.

iSkoot v1.1 for Windows Mobile empowers Pocket PC and Smartphone community members to reach out to their business colleagues and contacts all over the world anytime, from anywhere, using Skype on their mobile handset. The iSkoot application offers push-of-a-button inbound and outbound Skype-to-Skype calling capabilities, as well as instantaneous Skype chat with advanced features such as Skype emoticons and chat template options.