The mPorter, iPorter, and iPorter xSD from ePorter are a series of small cases with designs reminiscent of PDAs and digital cameras that attach to your key chain. Each case stores a number of SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card or MultiMediaCard flash cards. The cases are made of anti-static polypropylene, and hold three cards in clips that allow you to flip through them to find the right card.

Trendy handheld Blackberry devices could cause damage to users’ thumbs, doctors are warning. US and UK doctors said repetitive use could cause arthritis or harm tendons in the thumb. Research in Motion, which manufactures the Blackberry, said it would not comment on the claims.

Once a minor annoyance, noise from PCs has become a growing concern as ever-more powerful computers require stronger and often noisier cooling systems–especially with PCs moving out of the office into living rooms and bedrooms. The quest for quiet computing has inspired a cottage industry of specialist manufacturers, growing attention from major PC companies and a small underground of acoustic cultists who’ll go to any extreme to eliminate another decibel of PC din.

Apple unveiled the fastest, most affordable PowerBook line ever, featuring PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1.67GHz, faster hard drives and a faster 8X SuperDrive–all housed in the signature aluminum PowerBook enclosure. All new PowerBooks come standard with 512MB memory, faster graphics, integrated AirPort 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless networking and two new Apple patent-pending technologies–the scrolling TrackPad and the Sudden Motion Sensor.

3 Hong Kong and Research In Motion (RIM) announced the latest addition to 3 Hong Kong’s portfolio of BlackBerry products with the introduction of the new BlackBerry 7100g. The BlackBerry 7100g from 3 Hong Kong is expected to be available in mid-February.

Police and prosecutors are fashioning a new weapon in their arsenal against criminals: digital evidence. The sight of hard drives, Internet files and emails as courtroom evidence is increasingly common. The changing world of technology is challenging courts to keep pace with new laws addressing potential evidence and preserving privacy, legal analysts say.

A teenager was sentenced Friday to 1 1/2 years in prison for unleashing a variant of the “Blaster” Internet worm that crippled 48,000 computers in 2003. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minnesota, will serve his time at a low-security prison and must perform 10 months of community service. He had faced up to 10 years in prison, but the judge took pity on the teen, saying his neglectful parents were to blame for the psychological troubles that led to his actions.

Search engine providers are working to catalogue every corner of the Web, but what they really want is to get a better idea of what’s going on in your mind. A panel of industry executives gathered to speak at the Harvard Business School’s ongoing Cyberposium conference endorsed the idea that making search tools more relevant in customers’ lives will be the most important factor in driving their companies’ success.

Avery Coonley School may be nearly 100 years old, but when it comes to endowing its teachers and students with handheld technology for the classroom, this private, independent school in Downers Grove, IL is one of the most forward-looking schools in the state. After the rousing success of a fourth-grade pilot program last year, each student and teacher in grades four through eight now have their own Zire 72 handheld, as well as a wireless keyboard, from palmOne. It’s the realization of the school’s vision to provide a learning device for every student, and one that has earned full support and cooperation from students, teachers and parents.

Administrators, teachers and students interested in learning how to use their palmOne handheld computers have a new resource at their disposal–a Web site for online basic training. Free and convenient, the palmOne Online Basics Web site, which can be accessed from palmOne’s education page, offers around-the-clock access to topics that cover fundamental uses of the personal information management (PIM) applications.