Hewlett-Packard and T-Mobile will unveil the iPaq h6315 Phone/Pocket PC Combo that supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS technologies, and is designed so that voice and data services can be used simultaneously.

PhatWare received Best Productivity Application for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC honors for its PhatPad note taking application at the Handango Champion Awards in San Diego.

CREDANT Technologies announced that its CREDANT Mobile Guardian client security software will be embedded in the new HP iPAQ hx4700 series Pocket PCs. The enhanced security offering, HP ProtectTools, secured by CREDANT Technologies, enables security-conscious mobile professionals to control access to their handheld devices and protect stored sensitive data.

McAfee’s Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (AVERT) ranks Exploit-MhtRedir.gen, also known as Download.Ject or Scob, as the top threat because it was used in a high number of attacks against both corporations and consumers. It also took advantage of the widely-used IE browser, and was a new type of threat, says Vincent Gullotto, AVERT vice president.

Connect a new Quantum Auxiliary Power 12v Vehicle Socket (SD14) into a Turbo 2×2 and you can power virtually anything that uses a vehicle cigarette lighter socket. The Turbo 2×2 uses the latest Nickel Metal Hydride battery technology, has a visible “fuel gauge” showing the current state of the battery, and takes advantage of Quantum’s proprietary, built-in charging circuitry.

SCOTTeVEST introduced the Classic Vest, an update of its initial product, Version 1.0. Frequent pleas from devotees of the original product have resulted in the decision to make the Classic Vest a mainstay of the SCOTTeVEST clothing line, celebrated for functional fashion.

SCOTTeVEST has added a new fabric to the Version Three.0 line: Version Three.0 Cotton. The jacket, which will replace the company’s Version Three.0 Microfiber jacket, also features both a silky lining and mesh interior.

Hands High Software has release version 1.10 of WiFile, its SMB client software that enables a wireless Palm OS handheld to open files on corporate servers, school networks and home computers. The latest version adds context-sensitive menus and file searching.

A virus purporting to show images of Osama Bin Laden’s suicide has popped up on the Internet, designed to entice recipients to open a file that unleashes malicious software code. The virus was attached to a message that was posted on over 30,000 usenet newsgroups and is not being spread via email, said Web security vendor Sophos on Friday.

Some people just can’t get enough of their tech gadgets. Note this story regarding reporters from the Democratic National Convention.