The Daylight Saving Time change for 2007 is going to cause problems for unpatched technologies. Most vendors, including Microsoft, have released patches. One big area that is lacking is Windows Mobile smartphones & PDAs. Microsoft release a registry fix and instructed the carriers to push out a patch. Most of the carriers, in their infinite wisdom, have neglected to do so. If you rely on your Windows smartphone, you need this fix. Microsoft published the registry fix here. This fix requires you to build a CAB file and then install it. To save you the trouble, this CAB file has been bundled for you.

ACCESS announced it is changing the name of Palm OS Garnet, the latest version of the Palm platform, to plain old Garnet OS. This is the third name for the platform, which was originally called Palm OS 5. The change is the first in what promises to be an ongoing process of altering Palm-based product names for the company, which acquired PalmSource (and therefore the Palm OS) over a year ago.

Shortly after Palm’s Treo 650 fell victim to the European Union’s new Reduction of Hazardous Substances pollution law, the company’s LifeDrive followed suit. It appears the Mobile Manager may be on its last legs. Period. Palm’s Web site now lists LifeDrive–the company’s last handheld with the palmOne logo–as no longer available, another step towards the PDA graveyard from the “out of stock” listing that had previously been there.

Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of microscopic nanomachines. Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell first imagined an atom-size device dubbed Maxwell’s Demon in 1867. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have made it a reality.

Palm announced the Treo 750 smartphone, previously available on Vodafone’s 3G/UMTS network since September 2006 in the UK and across much of Western Europe, will be made generally available across Europe via Palm’s online store and from retail outlets in the coming month, beginning Feb. 6. This move broadens the customer base that will be able to benefit from the Palm experience on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and adds HSDPA capability, underlining Palm’s commitment to its European customers.

D-Link is shipping a new mobile Wi-Fi router that can work anywhere there is a cell signal that’s data capable. The new DIR-450 is designed to accept an EVDO card from carriers such as Sprint, Verizon or Alltel. To make it work, you plug the device into a source of 12-volt power (including from an external AC power supply) and insert the wireless data card. Once that happens, you’ll have a mobile Wi-Fi network. A second version, the DIR-451, due out later this quarter, will support UMTS and HSDPA devices from Cingular, T-Mobile and others. The DIR-451 is designed to work globally.

British publisher Penguin has launched a Web-based, collaborative novel that can be written, edited or read by anyone, anywhere thanks to “wiki” software, the technology behind Web encyclopedia Wikipedia. The novel, “A Million Penguins,” went live on Thursday and its first lines are already being written, edited and rewritten by enthusiasts. Penguin, which embarked on the project with a group of creative writing and new media students, says it is using the novel as a test of whether a group of disparate and diverse people can create a “believable fictional voice.”

With Vista finally launched, the various system manufacturers are joining the Vista system parade by launching new desktops and notebooks. Not surprisingly, notebook bellwhether Toshiba has fallen right in line to offer Vista-preloaded notebooks. Four of them to be exact.

To coincide with the release of Service Release 1, ThinPrint–the Mobile Enterprise experts, are making their Mobile Document Output System, Content Beamer, available for the first time as a free 30-day demo version. It is accessible via their Web site and comes equipped with a full range of functions. This software solution lets BlackBerry users print, send faxes, and transfer emails and attachments to Notebook monitors. The new version includes a Setup Assistant for simpler installation. In addition to this, other steps have been taken to enable easy installation and operation. Most mail attachments are now sent as PDF data, so the PDF printing process has been completely reworked, and is particularly resource-saving.

Early adopters of Windows Vista are getting three months of free Wi-Fi access from hot-spot operator The Cloud. Those who have installed the newly released Microsoft operating system in the United States are currently able to take advantage of a similar hot-spot deal with T-Mobile. It is valid through April 30 when users sign up for a complimentary trial account, according to T-Mobile.