PatrolBot, from ActivMedia Robotics, can integrate with buildings

Still years away from reaching the public, scientists hope nanotechnology will eventually live up to the hype it’s received for its potential to advance medicine, electronics and manufacturing.

A new beta version of Lightspeed has been announced. The utility enables many Palm OS 5 handheld processors to be overclocked or underclock. The new version is now compatible with Intel XScale, TI OMAP, and Motorola i.MXL processors.

ALPS Electric is currently developing two types of compact and thin fingerprint recognition sensors for mobile phones, notebook PCs and other mobile information devices in response to heightened security needs. The pressure sensitive film type of fingerprint recognition sensor is designed to be the thinnest in the world, and the transparent type has a transparent sensor construction, the first commercial product of its kind.

TOPPAN Printing and Sony Corporation announced the successful development of a 25GB paper disc based on Blu-ray Disc technology. Details will be announced at the Optical Data Storage 2004 conference to be held from April 18th to April 21st in Monterey, California.

Intel’s 2nd annual “Most Unwired Cities” survey ranks the top 100 US cities and regions for the greatest wireless Internet accessibility. This year, the survey has been expanded to include a look at the most unwired college campuses in the nation.

Legislatures push additional guidelines for the Can-Spam Act, including added penalties for people convicted of sending spam using someone else’s computer without permission or obscuring the message’s real origin.

On Tuesday Microsoft released four new collections of Windows fixes, three of which it has deemed critical. The company issued four new security bulletins, all of which pertain to Windows vulnerabilities.

Experts say that if enterprises don’t require wireless carriers to let them use existing phone on compatible network, companies may be forced to prematurely throw away thousands of dollars worth of expensive mobile phones.

Sony has released updates and patches for the TH55, TJ37 and TJ27 handhelds. The system updates address Wi-Fi connection issues and a memory stick power drain bug.