The latest addition to Proporta’s in-car solutions comes in the form of the new Magnetic Dashboard Mount. This small but effective car kit is the perfect accompaniment for those who like to stay connected when travelling in their car.

Using tough 3M adhesive pads, the Magnetic Dashboard Mount attaches to any vehicle dashboard and magnetically secures your mobile device enabling you quick easy access to your device, without taking your eyes off the road.

Microsoft will send out replacement parts for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel after 50 reports that the video game controllers overheated and released smoke when plugged in, the software maker said Thursday.

The $130 steering wheel-shaped controllers mimic the physical sensations of race car driving for games such as “Forza Motorsport 2.” About 230,000 have been sold to consumers, according to the company.

The Redmond company said owners of the controller should stop plugging it in, but said it is safe to use with battery power.

The Palm.com Store is now offering the Treo 680 smartphone for FREE after a $50 mail-in rebate. This limited time offer includes free shipping and is only valid when purchased with a new line of service. The offer runs though September 16th.

In addition, Palm’s online store is also offering the Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit for FREE after mail-in rebate with the purchase of select new Treo smartphones with new service activation. The GPS kit is regularly a $219 value. This promo includes the Treo 700p, 700wx, 755p and 750 and runs through September 1st.

A fair amount of business users remain oblivious or unconcerned about many of the security issues involved with mobile devices, according to a new study published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance.

While a greater number of business users are carrying laptop computers and mobile handhelds every year, a good number of people either ignore security threats related to the machines or policies meant to protect them from attack or data loss, the report finds.

Kinoma has released a new version of its Kinoma Player EX media player. Kinoma media player software brings streaming flash video support for videos from YouTube and Google Video to the Palm OS and has a vast built-in, online streaming media guide for Internet radio and video.

Updates include network and streaming improvements, enhanced rss/xml support for more types of media feeds, authentication support for password protected streams and feeds and better camera/webcam support.

Here are some tips to get your wireless email up and running successfully and efficiently on your Windows Mobile PDA or smartphone.

It’s hardly the top reason well-heeled consumers are clamoring for the iPhone, but its voice mail management is one of the device’s cooler features. Instead of having to listen sequentially to voice mail messages, you can pick and choose which voice mail message to listen to. Now other cell phone makers are going to be able to offer a similar feature and a few other extras the iPhone doesn’t offer.

Acision has announced the launch of Visual Voicemail, a fully integrated, easy-to-use graphical multimedia interface it said dramatically improves the mobile voicemail experience. Developed in partnership with Action Engine, Visual Voicemail is designed to let operators offer simplified and enhanced viewing, playback and management of voicemail. Acision said its solution offers an evolutionary path to other advanced messaging services through the company’s convergence platform.

Toshiba’s 320GB, 2.5-inch hard drive will double the maximum size available from the company less than two years ago, while Toshiba’s new 200GB, 2.5-inch drive adds to the increasing number of 2.5-inch drives that can hit a rotational speed of 7,200 rpm. Toshiba expects to begin mass-producing the new 2.5-inch hard drives this November.

eBay’s explanation for last week’s failure of its Skype communication service has left many users still wondering what caused the worst outage in Skype’s five-year history.

Millions of Skype users were knocked offline last week when a programming bug made it impossible for most users to connect during a 36-hour period, starting last Thursday.

On Monday, Skype said the disruption was kicked off when a large number of Skype users restarted their computers after installing Microsoft’s monthly security software updates, which were pushed out to Windows users starting on Tuesday.

Some of the world’s biggest record labels including Universal and SonyBMG have begun selling music through a new download service, challenging Apple.

Customers can buy tunes through Gbox at the same price charged by market leader iTunes–99 cents (50 pence) a track.

Music fans can download tracks direct from Gbox or from the online retailer Amazon. However, only US customers can currently make use of the service. Gbox will also benefit from a special advertising deal with Google.