On2 Technologies on Wednesday announced a deal to integrate its newest VP6 codec into video-on-demand (VOD) systems built by PERFECTV. On2, which already has licensing deals with America Online, Sony and Intel, will create systems that deliver high-quality VOD programming to consumer television s... [DailyWireless]

'MS Exchange replacement' [The Register]

Sony's new Clie UX50 PDA (pictured at right) has Ed Hardy over at Brighthand wishing that Microsoft would make it easier/possible for manufacturers to make a clamshell Pocket PC with a built-in keyboard.The first thing Microsoft should do is add landscape support to Pocket PC and make it easy for developers to create software than can run in either portrait or landscape. The goal would be to give the new clamshell models access to the huge amounts of already-available Pocket PC applications. The clamshell Pocket PCs are going to fit somewhere between tablet-shaped handhelds and full laptops. To succeed, they will need to have advantages over the other two options. Their primary advantage over current Pocket PCs would be a built-in keyboard. While long-time handheld users are familiar with the current methods of text entry -- like Calligrapher or Block Recognizer -- these are a bit frightening to new users,... [Gizmodo]

Some useful advice for web services buyers comes in an Information Week article by Eric Marks, author of Business ... [Loosely Coupled weblog]