Abidia announced the release of Abidia Wireless version 2.2 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC, the latest version of their cellular phone application that brings eBay to wireless devices.

XtremePower from the MAC Group is a rechargeable portable power solution for digital cameras, portable flash, laptops, handhelds, portable printers and more. Available in two sizes, the 10x and 20x, XtremePower is designed to provide the correct voltage for whatever device you power using internal regulation components and device specific cables.

Well, folks. We just discovered that here in the states, this is Memorial Day weekend. We found that out because lots of folks were asking us today what we’re doing over Memorial Day weekend and we kept saying, “Dunno, when is it?” Apparently, lots of you are taking two and even three days off from work (uh, what’s that mean?). So, in honor of you slackers, we’re holding off the 5/28 issues of our Weekly Update mailing until Tuesday. We’ll probably start the mailing Monday night, which will get it into your hot little hands Tuesday morning.

For those of you outside the U.S., Memorial Day is supposed to be the day we mourn our war dead. It also usually turns out to be a nice spring day and has become a day we drink much beer and carbonated soda water and eat much burger. This Memorial Day is strange for us, because the current United States government, our current administration, and even major media outlets frown on us acknowledging that more than 700 brave Americans have died fighting in Iraq and many more than 5,000 Iraqis died in this ill-fated war as well. But, in the new Patriotic America, it’s not entirely patriotic to discuss such things, so we haven’t here, now have we?

To those of our friends fighting in far flung places across the planet, and to their families and friends, our hearts and minds and best wishes are with you all. Come home safe, OK? [–DG and the editors at ZATZ Publishing]

America Online said that it plans to release a new version of its Netscape Web browser this summer. Netscape 7.2 comes amid speculation that AOL had all but ceased working on the browser following layoffs last year affecting some 500 developers in California, including most of the team that had been working on Netscape.

Symantec reported Thursday that it has analyzed what it believes to be the first known threat to 64-bit Windows systems, a virus labeled W64.Rugrat.3344. Company representatives stated the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus, a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present in a particular type of system, and not a virus already spreading in the wild.

The California state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that takes aim at Google’s new Gmail service, placing strict limits on email providers seeking to scan customer messages for advertising and other purposes. The bill passed after revisions that removed a key provision that would have required email providers to win the consent of anyone sending messages to their service before scanning messages.

Karrier Communications announced the shipment of its new IntelliGolf version 3.6 scorecard software for Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 smartphones.

TapWave Zodiac enhanced versions of miniMusic NotePad and BeatPad music applications were made available today. The new versions of the software can access the Yamaha sound card built into all Zodiac models to produce rich polyphonic sound.

UTrackSys.com unveiled version 1.3 of its UTS Diabetes software for Palm OS PDA. This new release introduces Insulin Time Activity charting, a chart that allows people with diabetes to see their insulin acting in dynamics against their blood glucose level changes.

A New York state man who sent out millions of spam emails was sentenced to 3-1/2 to seven years in prison. Howard Carmack, known as the “Buffalo Spammer,” received the maximum sentence for 14 counts of identity theft and forgery.