palmOne Romance survey and contest

palmOne and Palm Infocenter have teamed up to offer a Romance Survey and Contest for handheld users. By submitting your best tale of how your handheld has helped your love life, you could win one of two Palm Zire 71 handhelds.

Posted on: February 2, 2004 9:00 am

New talking translator

A five language, multiple platform, talking translator is the result of a partnership between Franklin Electronic Publishers and Mobile Digital Media.

Posted on: February 2, 2004 9:00 am

Declining PDA sales trend

Smartphones continue to take a toll on the sales of more traditional PDAs. According to this article on Palm Boulevard, worldwide PDA shipments declined by 5.3% in 2003.

Posted on: February 2, 2004 9:00 am

Xantrex XPower Micro Inverter 175

Gadgeteer Judie Hughes reviews the Xantrex XPower Micro Inverter 175 DC/AC power inverter. This little device plugs into the cigarette lighter of your vehicle to provide AC power for those devices that don’t have a DC adapter.

Posted on: February 2, 2004 9:00 am

Gateway still debating Pocket PC

Will Gateway ever release the 100X Pocket PC they promised us last summer, or is it a candidate for the Vaporware awards? Find out in this story on Brighthand.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am

Inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del retires

David Bradley, the IBM engineer that designed the Ctrl+Alt+Delete function for breaking frozen computers is retiring from IBM after nearly 29 years.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am

Comcast targets Internet ‘abusers’

Comcast is threatening to cut off high-traffic users from their high-speed internet service, but they won’t tell the users what the bandwidth limit is.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am

MyDoom costs seen at $250M

The corporate cost in lost revenues and support expenses for the MyDoom epidemic is being estimated at nearly $250 million. Read more in this article by Andrew Stein of CNN/Money.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am

Is the Superworm real?

Is a superworm a real possibility, or is it just a tech urban myth. Find out in this article on TechNewsWorld.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am

Microsoft offers reward

Microsoft, joining SCO, is now offering a $250,000 bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the author of the MyDoom.B variant. The B variation targets Microsoft’s main web site with a denial of service attack.

Posted on: January 30, 2004 9:00 am