services, and applications work together seamlessly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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