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(Dec. 21, 2006)

JANUARY

GATES SPOTLIGHTS "DIGITAL LIFESTYLE" IN CES KEYNOTE
In his 10th annual keynote address at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates waved Microsoft's "digital lifestyle" banner, highlighting the company's vision of a world in which devices, services, and applications work together seamlessly. Details

FEBRUARY

VIRUS INFECTS POCKET PCs VIA ACTIVESYNC
The Mobile Malware Researchers Association (MARA) claims to have characterized the first malware to cross-infect a handheld phone or PDA from a desktop PC binary file. The virus
a Trojan dubbed "crossover" -- spreads from a Windows-based desktop PC to a Windows CE-based handheld device via an ActiveSync connection. Details

MARCH

MICROSOFT LAUNCHES "ORIGAMI" AKA UMPC (ULTRA-MOBILE PC)
Microsoft launched a new category of mobile computers, following several weeks of teasers on its Origami Project website. "Ultra Mobile PC" (UMPC) mini-tablets feature 7-inch touch-screen displays, built-in hard drives, WiFi, and Bluetooth wireless, and run Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. Details

MAY

"GLASSES-FREE" 3D COMES TO WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICES
DDD Group has ported its "glasses-free" 3D display software, DDD (Dynamic Digital Depth) Mobile, to a TI OMAP850 platform running Windows Mobile 5. The company says it built a 3D prototype handset based on HTC's Faraday platform using "Polarization Activated Microlens" technology it obtained from Ocuity. Learn more about htis interesting technology. Details

JULY

FUEL CELLS AIM TO KEEP CELLPHONES RUNNING ALL DAY
Aquafairy and NTT DoCoMo are co-developing "micro" fuel cells intended to help keep DoCoMo's FOMA 3G handsets running all day, despite increased use of numerous battery-sucking wireless services. The companies will showcase a prototype of the "world's smallest" two-watt recharger based on a polymer electrolyte fuel cell next week. Read the complete story at DeviceForge. Details

OCTOBER

VIRUS EXPERT WARNS OF WINDOWS CE MALWARE VULNERABILITY
Windows CE is "extremely vulnerable" to malicious software attacks, according to an extensive, two-part report from Kaspersky Lab, a security software vendor and virus tracker. "The potential of this operating system as an environment for malicious code shouldn't be underestimated," writes Kaspersky Senior Virus Analyst and report author Alexander Gostev. Details

NOVEMBER

MOBILE MALWARE TO GET WORSE, MCAFEE PREDICTS
Malware attacks on mobile devices will likely increase in 2007, reports anti-malware maker McAfee in its "top ten predictions for security threats in 2007." With increased use of Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, multimedia, SMS, instant messaging, email, and the web, the chances are growing for "cross device contamination." Details

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