CrystalVoice Communications announced the availability of Windows Mobile 2003 support for users of the company’s Remote Extension Voice over Internet solution. Support for Mobile 2003 enables mobile workers to use their Pocket PCs, PDAs and other hand-held devices running this operating system, to travel outside of their managed network while maintaining the same high-quality voice communication capabilities as they experience inside the manage network.

The DigiMagic DVD Burner enables you to produce a back-up copy of digital photos directly from your camera’s flash memory card onto a CD-R / CD-RW or DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW disc.

Newly arrived Duke University freshmen got something considerably snazzier than the usual Blue Devils T-shirts and ball caps: Their goodie bags included a free iPod digital music player engraved with the school’s crest and the words “Class of 2008.”

Thirty-five years after computer scientists at UCLA linked two bulky computers using a 15-foot gray cable, testing a new way to exchange data over networks, what would ultimately become the Internet remains a work in progress.

Intel announced a component that’s compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chip maker reach the full audience of individuals who want to wirelessly connect to local area networks.

Apple Computer, making headway for its media player technology in the mobile industry, will help content creators make streaming multimedia available over Sprint’s cellular network. The companies announced the certification of Apple’s Xserve G5 server and QuickTime software to deliver multimedia content over Sprint’s streaming video and audio service, called PCS Vision Multimedia Services.

Peripheral maker LaCie released a mobile hard drive loaded with MandrakeSoft’s version of the Linux operating system. The GlobeTrotter device, with Mandrakelinux 10.0, can be plugged into the USB port of any PC to turn it into a Linux desktop, without any modifications to the host PC. GlobeTrotter can store up to 40GB of data, including applications and personal settings.

Events Day-by-Day is a daily calendar of historical events, encompassing 3,000 years of history, listing all major events, famous people who were born or died, Saints’ Days and holidays. More than 5,300 major events in history appear – war, government, aviation, art, entertainment, black history, women’s rights, sports, automotive, business, space, science, industry, and natural disasters appear in twelve PRC files, one for each month of the year.

Benevolent Interactive announced the release of its new space combat game Defiance: Final Strike for the Pocket PC platform. Defiance: Final Strike is set in a universe under siege by the evil Nautilid empire. There are 3 campaigns, with a combined 60 missions as the story unfolds. To add to the replay value, Defiance: Final Strike features 3 difficulty levels.

Ericsson, one of the key developers of Bluetooth, is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology. The company has already started to shut down its 125-worker Technology Licensing group and will reshuffle employees into other divisions.