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  • Nokia updates N-Gage game player

    Mobile-phone giant Nokia announces the first major revamp of its N-Gage game player, addressing many of the design and business issues that have limited sales of the current version.

  • Is the Palm OS missing the multimedia boat?

    The Palm OS may be losing its mojo with software developers.

  • Motorola unveils first Linux smart phone

    Motorola has launched its first handset powered by Linux, in a move being closely watched by those who foresee a bright future for the open-source operating system on portable devices.

  • Microsoft to bump Apple into sync-hole

    Apple Computer is refining a strategy for connecting mobile phones and other portable devices to its Macintosh systems in an effort to boost sales.

  • MS taking over your mobile?

    Microsoft needs some good news in its fight against the Palm OS and is counting on wireless devices to bring it. But will the next generation arrive before Palm can catch up?

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  • Cisco's new security target: consumers

    Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.

  • Gates on launching Zune, spiffing up Office

    Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."

  • Intel readies next handheld chips

    Intel is adding to its arsenal of processors for portable devices by developing an XScale-based processor, code-named Bulverde, for handheld computers.

  • Tech giants lock down wireless content

    A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.

  • Letting Jini out of the bottle -- again

    Microsoft and Intel see Web services popping up everywhere, but their vision is strangely reminiscent of archrival Sun Microsystems' with an earlier technology called Jini.

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  • Nokia updates N-Gage game player

    Mobile-phone giant Nokia announces the first major revamp of its N-Gage game player, addressing many of the design and business issues that have limited sales of the current version.

  • Iomega inches closer to mini-storage

    Iomega has unveiled details of a small, detachable storage drive it is developing for portable electronics gadgets.

  • Intel readies next handheld chips

    Intel is adding to its arsenal of processors for portable devices by developing an XScale-based processor, code-named Bulverde, for handheld computers.

  • How Microsoft plans to take over your cell phone

    What's new on the cell phone front from Microsoft? Two new devices, code-named Stinger and Stirling. I got a sneak peek in a recent visit to Redmond, although the phones are being unveiled for the first time this week in France. My take? Stinger looks good, Stirling isn't much, and traditional PDAs (and the Palm OS) are still tough competitors.

  • Blue laser format gets green light

    A consortium of companies developing Blu-ray Disc technology, a recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers, announces the start date for the licensing of the technology.

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