How many of us get home from work and throw the keys down, never to find them again? Proporta has come up with a state-of-the-art technology to prevent this from happening again.

The Proporta Keyring with SIM Card Holder and Anti-Loss System is a must-have for anyone who regularly suffers from “I swear I left them on the table” syndrome.

Devicescape Software and Deutsche Telekom AG announced they have integrated their services to enable easier access for users and more types of devices onto T-Mobile HotSpot networks. To make it convenient for Devicescape members to find and use the 10,000 plus T-Mobile HotSpot locations across Europe, Devicescape now sells service subscriptions and vouchers on member’s account pages.

Sybase iAnywhere announced immediate support for the new iPhone 3G model to extend wireless email from Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange email systems. Sybase iAnywhere continues to innovate with support of the new iPhone 3G.

Sybase’s annual user conference will be held Aug. 4 – 8 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. This is the 10th Annual Sybase User Training and Solutions Conference. TechWave brings together IT professionals from around the world.

InteleNet Communications, a Managed Data Holdings Company in the Orange County and Southern California region, announced its suite of security services and products that enable enterprise customers to become compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards and create safer online shopping environments.

Oh boy! Here we go again. Another senior government official has had his BlackBerry stolen by another foreign intelligence agency. But this time, it’s not an American official. According to the U.K.’s The Sunday Times a senior aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had his BlackBerry stolen by Chinese intelligence agents while on a trip to China.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

On his blog, Vaughan Rivett gives a brief review of his experience with Lotus Traveler on his mobile phone.

According to Ian White there are an alarming number of ‘beta’ versions of software in the web 2.0 world that are really only marketing come-ons. True betas normally come with structured testing and feedback requirements.

If you’re taking a firm stand against software pirates, maybe you shouldn’t try stealing their code to fix your product.

Ubisoft, the French video game developer and publisher, was recently caught releasing a pirated hack as an official fix.

Cheap replacement chargers are flooding UK shops, undercutting legitimate products while putting punters in danger from badly-made connections and low specifications.

The chargers, some of which bear a forged CE mark, are sold on the cheap and branded as “Travel Chargers”. Trading Standards has issued a specific warning about discount chargers for the Nintendo DS, as well as those marked with an item number of “DE62347066”, but the problem is much broader than that.