The volume of worms and viruses is increasing, but the rate of successful attacks has dropped, according to a new report from Symantec. The antivirus company’s biannual Internet Security Threat Report found that 4,496 new Windows viruses and worms were released between January and June, up more than 4.5 times from the same period last year. But the daily volume of actual attacks decreased in the first six months of 2004.

Sony has introduced the VAIO B-Series notebook PC incorporating all of the key features most commonly requested by business users. According to Mike Abary, general manager of VAIO product marketing, the B-series was built from the ground up with business professionals in mind.

Crazysoft, maker of Crazy Athletics, Paintball, Frutakia have released Psarakia, their newest ice fishing puzzle game. The objective is to break the ice, making pairs of two or more of the same kind of fish.

SYWARE announced that Visual CE has added direct support for Fly-CAM Mobile Cameras. The Fly-CAM cameras are part of LifeView Inc.’s family of Pocket PC and Windows CE products.

The results of the AvantGo 2004 Mobile Lifestyle survey reveal that when it comes to device functionality, early technology adopters want to have their cake and eat it too. When asked to imagine the must-have features of an all-in-one “dream device,” survey respondents chose a surprising combination of “bells and whistles” and standard options.

Kingston Technology announced the availability of 2-GB and 4-GB CompactFlash Elite Pro cards featuring the latest in high-density Flash components to optimize performance and storage capabilities.

Building on the design success of the original Wireless Keyboard, palmOne designed its new keyboard to work with handhelds and smartphones from palmOne, Dell and HP. Smaller than a standard paperback book, the keyboard tucks neatly into the side pocket of a backpack or briefcase, making it easy to do as much work on a handheld or smartphone as on a laptop. It’s the first wireless keyboard from palmOne with cross-platform compatibility.

CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC is a program, that allows you to view files in the most common Windows help format (.CHM, also known as “compiled HTML”), on the Pocket PC platform. CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC is used to view various documents such as eBooks, manuals, help files, etc. in .chm format and works under Windows Mobile 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition and Windows Mobile 2003 SE.

PDAMill is running a 50% off promotion on all Palm OS titles this week. To take advantage of the offer, use the promotion code “PDAMILL” during checkout. This promotion is only running this week and is limited to the first 200 buyers.

TealPoint Software announced the release of TealBackup for Palm OS handhelds. TealBackup is a complete backup, copy, and restore system. With exclusive support for both external card and HotSync backups, you have full control over where and how files are saved.