Wednesday, November 13, 2002



Salesforce.com goes wireless. Salesforce.com will launch a wireless edition of its online CRM offering designed to allow users to access customer data in real-time via wireless devices. [Computerworld News]
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Ubiquitous computing will mean multiple devices. Think many people are tethered to PCs today? When ubiquitous computing explodes, the average knowledge worker will carry as many as three devices -- all linked via personal and local-area technology, columnist Michael Gartenberg predicts. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Windows CE .Net ready for January launch. The Windows CE .Net operating system is designed to provide support for the delivery of Web-based services and content to mobile devices, moving a step closer to Microsoft Corp.'s .Net vision. [Computerworld Windows and XP News]
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Cornell.  Amit Lal gets a prototype of a nuclear micro-generator working.  A generator of this type could power a small device for a decade.  This is some of the most exciting technology in play today.

The prototype shown in August was gigantic by comparison with the latest versions, Lal said. An entire device, including a vacuum enclosure, could be made to fit in less than one cubic millimeter, he said.

[John Robb's Radio Weblog]
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Hit game "EverQuest" gets portable. Sony Online Entertainment says it's creating a version of its popular online game for handhelds running Microsoft's Pocket PC software. [CNET News.com]
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Xerox wins patent suit against Palm, 3Com. Xerox won a patent suit against 3Com Corp. and Palm Inc., with a judge ruling yesterday that Palm's Graffiti handwriting software infringes upon a patent granted to Xerox for its Unistrokes software. Palm intends to appeal. [Computerworld Software News]
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Infowave Adds Features to Wireless Business Engine. Infowave Software has announced a new version of its Wireless Business Engine software that adds calendar synchronization and contact searching and offers more support for large-scale enterprise implementations. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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Qualcomm says its 2003 forecast is conservative [IDG InfoWorld]
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A Linux smartphone that does Bluetooth. IBM makes persuasive pervasive case (at last) [The Register]
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Nextphase releases Tablet PC clinical trial software. Software allows healthcare workers to collect trial data [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Start-up to put Windows, Lindows OS on sub-$1,000 tablets. The new company, StepUp Computing, hopes to offer affordable desktop and mobile computing products for small and midsize businesses in targeted specialty and vertical markets. [Computerworld News]
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