A portal for New Zealand businesses
Posted on 19-Jun-2003 18:35 News, Computing
Did you know that: 27% of e-mail requires immediate action, 40% of the workforce is mobile and 60% of senior management time is spent away from the desk? I knew about this site for some time, but only now I had time to visit it again and write about it.
Vodafone Australia: Please use more SMS
Posted on 19-Jun-2003 11:13 News, Mobile
Vodafone Australia has announced it will introduce a flagfall to its 'no plans' mobile calls, thanks to a cannibalisation of its SMS market.
Bluetooth World Congress this week
Posted on 18-Jun-2003 18:56 News, Bluetooth
The Bluetooth World Congress is happening in Amsterdan this week. Analysts expect 225 million individual Bluetooth devices will ship this year.
More news on Nokia 6600
Posted on 18-Jun-2003 18:29 News, Mobile
More information on Nokia 6600, a new Symbian OS GSM/GPRS mobile phone to be marketed in the business segment.
New version of TextMaker compatible with Pocket PC 2003
Posted on 18-Jun-2003 18:11 News, Software
SoftMaker Software, the makers of TextMaker, have just improved their flagship product again. A new upgrade to TextMaker features improvements in the Microsoft Word and HTML filters, provides code page support for many international languages, and has been made compatible with the soon-to-be-released Pocket PC 2003.
Microsoft brings lawsuits against spammers
Posted on 18-Jun-2003 07:57 News, General
Last month, Microsoft announced its anti-spam initiative, designed to help combat the proliferation of spam, the unwanted, often deceptive commercial e-mail sent to consumers. MS Press published an interviewed Tim Cranton, a senior attorney at Microsoft in charge of defining legal strategies in the spam lawsuits, and Stirling McBride, a senior investigator at Microsoft in charge of identifying and tracking down alleged spammers discovered by Microsoft technical teams.
TechNet Webcast: connecting your Pocket PC to the outside world
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 20:09 News, Windows Mobile Pocket PC
Are you interested in getting your Pocket PC online to either the Internet or your corporate LAN? This is your opportunity to learn how to connect your Pocket PC using everything from a 56K Compact Flash Modem and a phone line to a Bluetooth enabled cell phone with a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to get access to your email and other important information no matter where you are.
Disney to partner with Vodafone
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 19:56 News, Mobile
Walt Disney group has moved into mobile multimedia services via a partnership with Vodafone. Disney studios will supply Vodafone with content from its films and cartoons.
Microsoft Bluetooth mouse and keyboard review
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 08:43 Reviews, Bluetooth
Just received a Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard for review. Great Bluetooth product (good news too: I have them working with a non-Microsoft Bluetooth adapter).
Nokia and Kodak together for photo printing
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 08:19 News, Mobile
Owners of Nokia 3650, 7650 and the new 6600 will be able to upload images to a Kodak service, including online photo album and reprints.
TI says coexistence problems with Bluetooth and wi-fi in same devices and areas solved
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 08:08 News, Wireless
Texas instruments claim its new complete hardware and software solution enables consumers to simultaneously use Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN). Using this solution, manufacturers of mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and laptops can overcome the coexistence problems inherent to close range 802.11b/g and Bluetooth operations because they share the 2.4 GHz band.
Links Pocket PC review at PDACorps
Posted on 16-Jun-2003 17:59 News, Games
Notes: PDACorps has reviewed the soon to be released Links for the
PocketPC. It's the Microsoft Golf for the Pocket PCs.
Lord of The Rings: the largest Intel data centre in the world
Posted on 16-Jun-2003 12:34 News, General
Stuff has an article about Weta Digital (the company behind LOTR FX) and how they are adding more processors to reach a total of 3200 Intel Xeon CPUs, to be used in the final stages of Lord Of The Rings
SMS Spam to be targeted in Australia
Posted on 16-Jun-2003 09:15 News, Mobile
Australian mobile phone companies which allow SMS spam messages to be sent across their networks face fines of up to $10 million under a new industry code.
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