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As I was trolling my usual Geeky haunts for news, I happened to find the link to the Gadget of the Year awards that I posted a few minutes ago. Low and behold, I found something else very cool on that site.
Take a look through the many things you can enter to win on [...]

I know, I know, I know, it ain’t even Thanksgiving yet and I’m already talking about cool software for Christmas. Well guess what? This will also work for your Turkey Day shopping list. Ya, it’s that good!
Longtime readers will know that I’m a fan of SplashData products and one of my absolute favorite list programs [...]

If this is half as good as it sounds, it could be a huge boost for the mobile phone software needs of thousands.
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Access Co. said on Thursday that it and Softbank Corp. have developed Internet browsing and email software for cell phones.
The software will be installed in mobile phones sold by [...]

Ah yes, screaming mobile phones. Now this is just what the doctor ordered! Ah, then again, perhaps not…

LONDON - An ear-piercing scream awaits would-be mobile phone thieves, and it won’t stop unless the battery is removed, rendering the [...]

Ah yes, screaming mobile phones. Now this is just what the doctor ordered! Ah, then again, perhaps not…

LONDON - An ear-piercing scream awaits would-be mobile phone thieves, and it won’t stop unless the battery is removed, rendering [...]

The magic of the batteries that power our mobile electronics. Today, we have Lithium-ion technology in the spotlight.

I’ve always been a big fan of SplashData’s products and now RIM users can get SplashID, an electronic wallet, for their Blackberry.
August 10th was the 5th anniversary of the first release of SplashID, so it is fitting that this eNews is focused on our new versions of SplashID.
SplashID has long been the best-selling password manager [...]

We should realize by now that social computing is not by any means limited to the desktop PC.

So you and crew are hanging and it’s a Wednesday night and you know some new movie is about to premiere. Not knowing the area that you’re in too well, you don’t even know where the closest movie theater is, let alone what’s playing at it. You could call Moviefone and waste your [...]

If you’ve ever tried to read an Excel spreadsheet report on a mobile device - you know what a challenge it can be. While mobile devices such as BlackBerry, Pocket PC, and Treo can display Excel spreadsheet reports - their small screens and limited controls makes viewing the data difficult at best. [...]

The World Cup is just around the corner and while the Yanks call it soccer, the rest of the world seems to better understand which main body part being used in this action packed game. If you’re one of the millions of world wide fans and you have to keep up with all the [...]

I’ve been a huge fan of the Western Digital (WD) Passport external hard drive since the first ones hit the street. When I received my, then largest capacity, 80 GB, I was elated to use it. Since then, WD has added another 40 GB to welcome a third model to the line with [...]

Nearly three years ago, SvenOnTech told you about a neat little accessory from Radio Shack that would boost our volume on our Palm T3. We used it for our big over-the-hear headphones to get the ultimate kick and loved the results.
Well looks the folks at Cyberguys are picking up on this booster [...]

OK, so maybe AMD has gotten better with the processors that they are offering for notebook users. Regardless, even as someone who prefers AMD over Intel, it will be awhile before I believe that they can compete in the notebook world I’m afraid.

For my Palm, I use BackupBuddy and nothing else when backing up my important data. Now Blue Nomad brings the same safe, fast, and solid back up performance to the Treo…but without wires!
BackupBuddy.Net will archive your contacts, tasks, notes, and calendar events automatically. (A Professional version is in beta that will [...]

For my Palm, there is no other application I use for my shopping list or finances than SplashData products. I’m a huge fan of its product line and now I’m happy to announce a great little offer from SplashData. If you purchase SplashMoney, it’s personal finance application, you will get SplashShopper for free. [...]

After yanking the 1.10 update for the Treo 700w shortly after its grand appearance on Palm’s site, it has returned better than ever. Included in this update is a wonderful and tasty installer that is much improved from the last version Palm fronted on all you Treo users. Other than that, there’s no [...]

SonLight Software has done it again with its latest version of, without a doubt, the best Usenet (newsgroup) reader for the Palm OS. Yanoff version 3.2 is packed with features and if you’re an old school netizen, then this should be on your Palm. I used Yanoff way back on my Palm V [...]

When NewsGator first came out, I was certainly one of the folks out there that jumped up at the chance of trying this news aggregator. However not too long after that, I soon outgrew it. So now I have to ask, why would I want to use this on the mobile platform as well?

Hey, looks like Blackberry users have been on to something as a new study by RONIN Corporation found, “more than 70% of mobile professionals expect mobile email to ‘liberate’ them.” Noting that most professionals stated that they would be more productive if they had the ability to check their e-mail while out of the [...]