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Free tool simplifies XPe Device Update Agent scripting — Oct. 21, 2005 — Two members of the Windows Embedded team, Mike Hall and Aaron Stebner, have created a tool that automates much of the detail of creating scripts for the Device Update Agent (DUA). The DUA enables remote updating of the run-time OS image on a device running Windows XP Embedded. ...

Windows CE 5.0 live chat Oct. 26th — Oct. 21, 2005 — MSDN is hosting another in its series of online Windows CE "live chats" this Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 9 AM Pacific time. The chat, which lasts about an hour, covers the tools and technologies used to develop devices based on the Windows CE 5.0 operating system. ...

Microsoft research aims to narrow global technology gap — Oct. 21, 2005 — Microsoft has announced a $1.2 million academic research program aimed at making computing more affordable, accessible, and relevant to people in developing countries. Areas of focus will include mobile device form-factors, infrastructures, and applications; overcoming connectivity challenges; user interfaces suitable for technology novices; and "culturally relevant" applications, the company said. ...

Roaming message technology adds Common Alerting Protocol — Oct. 21, 2005 — Roaming Messenger's roaming message technology now supports the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), which aims to improve the efficiency of warning systems in the US. The support converts CAP messages into Roaming Messenger format, enabling dynamic, secure delivery to wired and wireless devices including Windows Mobile handhelds, according to the company. ...

Pocket PC gets lower cost thermal imager — Oct. 20, 2005 —

Wahl Instruments is shipping a new line of relatively inexpensive imaging cameras that enable Pocket PCs to be used for image acquisition and control. The Heat Spy Imager (HSI) series can quickly pinpoint hot spots and indicate surface temperatures just like more expensive thermal imagers, ...

Opera betas mini mobile browser in Scandinavia — Oct. 20, 2005 —

Opera Software is distributing a free beta version of a lightweight, Java-based mobile Web browser in Scandinavia, with worldwide distribution planned soon. The tiny Opera Mini browser offers a full Web experience on any low- or mid-range phone that can run Java apps, the company says. ...

"Qool" Pocket PC phone displays 30 fps video — Oct. 20, 2005 —

Singapore-based Qool Labs, specializing in "digital lifestyle entertainment products", has introduced a "cool" Pocket PC phone with extensive multimedia capabilities. The QDA Oh!, running Windows Mobile 2003 SE, supports 30 frame per second video on its 2.8-inch TFT QVGA display, according to the company.

Cellphones learn to recognize their owners' faces — Oct. 19, 2005 —

Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. this week began marketing a technology that inexpensively adds face recognition to camera-equipped cellphones. Oki's "Face Sensing Engine" (FSE) "middleware" decodes facial images within 280mS on a 100MHz ARM9 processor, and can restrict access to mobile devices by recognizing their owners, ...

Windows Mobile WiFi access client gains Cisco NAC support — Oct. 19, 2005 — Funk Software has announced the addition of support for Cisco Systems's Network Admission Control (NAC) framework to its secure, "low-overhead" 802.11x access client for wireless and wired LANs. Odyssey Client runs on a range of Windows platforms including Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket PC 2002, according to the company. ...

Microsoft overhauls, simplifies Shared Source licenses — Oct. 19, 2005 — Microsoft has substantially simplified its Shared Source licensing process for future Shared Source code releases. Based on experience gained through its Shared Source initiative over the past several years, the company has trimmed the more than ten existing licensing models to just three simplified licenses, plus a couple of variations. ...

M-Systems expands USB flash line, adds Windows Embedded support — Oct. 19, 2005 —

M-systems has announced new software support, form-factors, and capacities for uDiskOnChip, its line of tiny, embeddable flash storage devices based on a USB 2.0 electrical interface. Of note, uDiskOnChip is now supported as bootable storage for Windows CE and Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS), ...

WiMAX mini-PCI reference design debuts — Oct. 18, 2005 —

Fabless chipmaker Wavesat hopes to increase deployments of its WiMAX controller chips in low-cost and small form-factor customer premises equipment (CPE) through the release of a mini-PCI reference design. The WiMAX Mini-PCI Reference Design offers "an essential ingredient to WiMAX mass market adoption," the company says. ...

Gizmondo US launch set for Oct. 22 — Oct. 18, 2005 —

Tiger Telematics confirmed today that it's on schedule for the Oct. 22nd US launch of its Windows CE-powered Gizmondo handheld multifunction entertainment console. The basic Gizmondo has a suggested retail price of $229, according to the company. Also scheduled for release Saturday are North American regional ...

Microsoft typography group launches blog — Oct. 18, 2005 —

Typography is something we generally take for granted. Mike Duggan, a member of the Microsoft Typography Research Group, has started a blog to shed some light on the artistry and craftsmanship that goes into good typography and font design, particularly as they relate to computer displays. ...

Software converts flash content into Pocket PC executables — Oct. 18, 2005 —

Handsmart has released a new version of its tool for creating standalone Macromedia flash movies for display on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. FlashPack is claimed to be the first tool to bring mobile content creation to flash artists, multimedia designers, and game developers. ...

Cingular brings HP's "Treo killer" to the US — Oct. 18, 2005 —

[Updated Oct. 19] -- Cingular Wireless has announced that starting Oct. 31, it will be the sole US carrier for the HP iPAQ hw6500 series Mobile Messenger Pocket PC phones. Cingular says the devices will be the first Pocket PC phones in the US to use ...

XP MCE update supports Xbox 360 as media center extender — Oct. 17, 2005 —

When the Xbox 360 reaches store shelves late next month, it will be fully supported as a Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) PCs. MCE Update Rollup 2, released last week, enables an Xbox 360 to stream media from an MCE PC ...

Popular x86 SoC returns — Oct. 17, 2005 —

Fabless chipmaker ZF Micro Solutions announced plans today to resume production of its x86-based SoC (system-on-chip) processor in the first quarter of 2006. The company says the chips will be fabbed by IBM, with which it has just signed a multi-year agreement. ...

Mot debuts rugged enterprise handhelds running Windows Mobile — Oct. 17, 2005 —

[Updated Oct. 19] -- Although it has long supplied "purpose-built" mobile devices to customers such as FedEx, DHL, and the USPS, Motorola has introduced its first "off-the-shelf" rugged handhelds running the Windows Mobile platform and targeting the utility, transportation, logistics, public works, public service, and manufacturing ...

New Windows-powered HP entertainment centers due by year end — Oct. 17, 2005 —

HP announced plans last week to begin shipping its latest Windows-powered Digital Entertainment Centers in time for the 2005 year-end holidays. The z556 and z558 series run Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2, just released by Microsoft, HP said. ...

Chipset aims "cinema-quality" multimedia at Windows Mobile phones — Oct. 17, 2005 — Agere Systems is sampling a two-chip mobile phone chipset targeting GPRS/EDGE multimedia phones running Windows Mobile and other OSes. The Vision X115 chipset includes an analog baseband chip, along with a tri-core digital baseband chip integrating an ARM9 applications processor, ARM7 communications processor, and Agere "DSP1600" for physical layer/audio processing. ...

Mobile thin client runs Windows CE — Oct. 14, 2005 —

Route1 has introduced a mobile thin client approach that lets users remotely operate office applications without exposing data or applications outside the corporate firewall, using an XScale-based handheld terminal running Windows CE. "Mobi Solution" addresses the security concerns raised by portable devices being lost or stolen, ...

Softphone supports dual-mode calling on Windows Mobile devices — Oct. 14, 2005 —

Cicero Networks has launched a converged softphone that supports VoWiFi/cellular dual-mode calling on a range of Windows Mobile devices. CiceroPhone enables fixed-line operators and alternative service providers to offer enterprise and residential customers cost-effective wireless VoIP services, according to the company.

FCC approves digital cordless phone technology — Oct. 14, 2005 —

DECT technology (digital enhanced cordless telecommunications) is coming to the US -- the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has granted DECT-based wireless telephony permission to use the 1920-1930 MHz band, as part of a "general reorganization of frequency bands in the US," the DECT Forum says. ...

Scalable embedded boardsets support PoE, run Windows Embedded — Oct. 14, 2005 —

Blue Chip Technologies has introduced a series of embedded computer boardsets based on x86-compatible processors ranging from 400MHz to 1GHz. The MagnumX two-board sandwiches are based on the company's ETX modules, run Windows XP Embedded and Windows CE, and can be powered through their Ethernet connectors, ...

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