Vodafone and Research In Motion (RIM) announced the launch of BlackBerry in Portugal. BlackBerry is a leading wireless platform that enables always-on access to email, data and phone applications in a single device. BlackBerry is available in Portugal immediately with the BlackBerry 7230 and the BlackBerry 7100v is expected to be available in December.

Astraware and Cold River Studios are pleased to announce Mazera, a combination of role playing game and puzzle-solving adventure set on the futuristic planet named Mazera. Being easy to learn, simple to play, and with cute animated characters, Mazera will appeal to a wide audience including many who might not have time for playing a heavier style RPG on their desktop PC at home. Mazera is available for Palm OS and Pocket PC.

Bail was set at $1 million Monday for a North Carolina man awaiting sentencing in the nation’s first felony prosecution of illegal distribution of junk email, or spam. Prosecutors had argued that Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh is too great a flight risk to be allowed bail, saying he’s been squirreling away parts of his $24 million fortune in foreign bank accounts and faces up to nine years in prison.

Last Day of Work, producer of real-time games and simulations for mobile devices, has ported its Palm OS Fish Tycoon game to the Windows Mobile Pocket PC platform. Fish Tycoon, which recently received the Parents’ Choice Foundation “Recommended” award, offers a real-time game in which players cross-breed and maintain a variety of fish in order to discover seven separate “magical” fish that each grant special enhancements to the player.

Last week, we reported on the new e-book retailer Diesel eBooks. As part of a promotion to attract new members, for the next month you can get a 20% discount by using the code: dieselbuzz43 when you place your order. Registration, which is free, also brings 10,000 bonus points.

Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed a 4-inch screen digital interface LCD with a 16:9 screen ratio exclusively for Portable Media Players (PMP). Made exclusively for the PMP market, Samsung’s 4-inch widescreen LCD with a 16:9 ratio provides an outstanding digital interface with excellent color gamut and brightness.

Newbury Networks announced a new version of its location-based security and containment product for WLANs. WiFi Watchdog 4.0 is designed to stop unsecured wireless LAN usage across the enterprise. It works with standard WLAN deployments, such as Cisco network infrastructures, to detect, monitor, and secure the location of all 802.11 traffic.

Symantec plans to launch a security service that combines two existing offerings in one, a bundle designed to help customers comply with regulations and defend better against digital threats. The company is knitting its Early Warning Services together with its Managed Security Services to create Global Intelligence Services.

Fraudsters have developed a potent new computer program that steals Internet banking customers’ details by duping them into opening up a bogus email. Security technicians at MessageLabs fear it could become a favorite tool for phishing fraudsters, who lure computer users to a fake Web site and steal their banking and credit card details.

Starting today, film buffs can just look at their wristwatch to get movie listings in the neighborhood theater. Microsoft, which has been pushing smart watches as a means of content delivery, announced on Friday that it was adding film showings channel to its MSN Direct data service.