Ontrack Data Recovery announced the availability of an upgraded version of its popular Disk Manager hard drive installation software. This new version, version 5.0, offers support for drives over 137GB in size.

PC World has posted their list of the Top 10 PDAs, with the HP IPaq H4150 Pocket PC coming in as the #1 Best Buy.

The Laptop Screen Shade from Camera Bellows can eliminate the problems of glare from sunlight, bright lights or reflections on the screen when using a laptop.

Font Fusion is a small, fast, portable, memory-efficient font rendering engine for consumer electronics devices, PDAs, mobile phones, set-top boxes, graphics applications, and embedded systems. Together with Bitstream Panorama, it provides a complete font rendering and text composition solution.

Bitstream announced today the release of version 1.0 of Bitstream Panorama, a small, fast, portable line layout engine that enables developers to compose complex lines of text. The product features high-level APIs to lay out, position, substitute, and render characters in worldwide languages. Together with Font Fusion, it offers a complete line layout and font rendering solution for developers building cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, graphics applications, and embedded systems.

Telenor Interactive and Verizon Wireless announced an agreement under which Telenor Interactive will continue to provide premium text message voting capabilities to Verizon Wireless. Through Telenor’s Media Platform, Verizon Wireless subscribers can interact with their favorite media outlets, participating via their mobile phones with popular TV shows and text voting on music selections.

Alera Technologies has introduced its DVD/CD Shredder Plus, a media destruction device for cutting DVDs, CDs, Floppy Disks and Credit Cards into small unusable strips, permanently preventing unauthorized use and it is HIPAA compliant.

A developer of miniaturized fuel cells has come up with a simplified design that could propel the power technology’s use in notebook and handheld computers. MTI MicroFuel Cells unveiled prototypes of its Mobion power packs, which promise to last longer in portable devices than conventional batteries and to be easier to manufacture than rival fuel cells.

British defense contractor BAE Systems has developed a stealth wallpaper designed to stop electronic eavesdropping on Wi-Fi networks. The company has produced panels designed to prevent outsiders from listening in on companies’ Wi-Fi traffic but let other traffic through, including radio and mobile phone signals.

United Online announced it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with RadioShack Corporation. Under the agreement, United Online will offer its value-priced NetZero Platinum and NetZero HiSpeed Internet services in more than 5,000 RadioShack company-owned stores and select dealer/franchise stores nationwide.