BlackBerry ISV Alliance Member and WES 2007 Silver Sponsor PaperIQ marks the start of the biggest BlackBerry event of the year with the launch of their Enterprise Digital Dictation for BlackBerry application in partnership with BigHand3, the market-leading Digital Dictation Workflow system for professional services organizations. PaperIQ will be demonstrating the integrated application on booth 603 in the WES Solutions Showcase and live in the WES Solutions Theater.

Enterprise Digital Dictation for BlackBerry allows users to record, edit and play back digital dictations on their BlackBerry smartphone and immediately upload them wirelessly into their BigHand3 Server for flexible workflow routing and office-based transcription. Both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service architectures are supported and the solution makes extensive use of BlackBerry Enterprise Server IT Policies to make deployment and configuration straightforward.

A broad survey about the technology people have, how they use it, and what they think about it shatters assumptions and reveals where companies might be able to expand their audiences.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project found that adult Americans are broadly divided into three groups: 31 percent are elite technology users, 20 percent are moderate users and the remainder have little or no usage of the Internet or cell phones.

Mobile Solutions for Business & Life will help you pick the perfect gift this Mother’s Day. Forget flowers or candy–get Mom a cool gadget that she’ll absolutely love and use all year round. And it doesn’t even matter what type of budget you’re on; these gifts start at $25.

In our recent review of Spb Backup, Senior Editor James Booth introduced us to one of the most popular backup solutions for the Pocket PC platform. As proof that we reach readers all over the world, this Letter to the Editor regarding backup concerns comes from a reader in New Delhi, India.

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

Some of Microsoft’s most important customers aren’t happy with the battery life offered by notebooks running Windows Vista.

“It’s a little scary,” said John Wozniak, a distinguished technologist in Hewlett-Packard’s notebook engineering department, referring to the work HP needed to do on making Windows Vista more suitable for notebooks.

Vista, while touted as having improved power management capabilities that would make it easier for users to extend battery life, isn’t to some living up to that promise. The main culprit appears to be the Aero Glass interface, a spiffy new user interface that makes Vista more pleasing to the eye with transparent windows and animated transitions when moving from one application to another.

Researchers from security vendor Sophos say a new worm targeting removable drives is an example of a potential security threat for businesses.

The SillyFD-AA worm searches for removable drives such as floppy disks and USB memory sticks and creates a hidden file called autorun.inf so that a copy of the worm runs the next time the device is connected to a computer running Windows. In addition, it changes the title of Internet Explorer windows to say that the computer has been “Hacked by 1BYTE.”

Sona Mobile announced that its Sona Media Platform, a media management system that will bring push media to BlackBerry Devices and enable users to receive media content ranging from news, video clips and highlights on their handhelds, is now available.

Push media allows Sona Media Platform to send out content to wireless devices invisibly and also informs users when multimedia content has been delivered to their device and is available for playback, reducing the need for users to manually download video clips over wireless networks.

Joining the fight against breast cancer, Belkin International announced its new pink cases for iPod nano, the Sport Armband and “Hope” Remix Metal, with proceeds benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. For each case sold, Belkin will donate 10 percent of the retail price to support Komen for the Cure (with a minimum donation of $100,000).

Palm announced the availability of the Treo 750 smartphone on the StarHub and SingTel networks in Singapore and the Globe network in the Philippines. The Treo 750 offers the world-class Palm experience on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.

Rogers Wireless and Research In Motion introduced the BlackBerry Curve smartphone–the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset. The BlackBerry Curve features a smooth and friendly handset design and delivers the renowned BlackBerry email and messaging experience, premium phone features, intuitive trackball navigation system, 2.0 megapixel camera, fast Web browsing and powerful multimedia capabilities.