Seems like only yesterday when the first 30GB flash based hard drives came out, now we're talking 160GB. Adtron announced their 160GB SSD HDD is shipping.

Of course the impact of this on the UMPC as well as the portable media player industry are huge. Longer battery life and performance come along with SSD HDD technology. How about getting a 160GB Zune or UMPC? Now that sounds like something to place on my list for 2007... ....nice.

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Remember when viruses were unheard of on your Pocket PC? Not any longer, BitDefender has available a virus solution for your PDA and Smartphone.

All features of this new BitDefender security solution can be found on the BitDefender mobile portal site: www.bitdefender.mobi

"BitDefender Mobile Security offers mobile users a direct and effortless install and enables a virus shield at start-up with no user intervention required," said Carmen Maierean, BitDefender Mobile Product Manager. "Giving our mobile users the ability to run on-demand scans even inside archives it further enhances the pro ...

Kelly at A Yoga Coffee Outlook is giving away a Zune MP3 Player and all you have to do is create an entry in your blog and link to her site. What a great way to build up some linking (maybe affect your PR as well).

Hey, looks like I'm entered in the contest. ;-)

I told you about WebGuide4 and how it provides an excellent alternative for Orb. Now the developer has made available a Vista Sidebar Gadget to tie into WebGuide.

The gadget gives you instant access to your WebGuide and Media Center information right from the desktop. It makes a great addition to the software.

Microsoft is taking requests for folks who want to beta test a connector to Xbox Live via the PC. In the request it asks:

"Are you interested in being part of a select group that is invited to help beta test a new service that lets PC game players connect with their friends on the Xbox through the LIVE gaming network?"

This has been posted on the Internet over the past few months, at least now we know it is going to beta and should be released to the world shortly after that. We'll be watching for more information, and hopefully participate in the beta test.

CTitanic a UMPC blogger and frequent poster at the OrigamiProject.com forums, has a review of the Boxwave FlexiskinRead More »

Gizmodo has a review of the Belkin TunePower which is an add on for extending the battery life of your Zune. The review isn't too in-depth, but provides some additional photos other than the stock ones I have here.

The TunePower runs about $59 and provides about 6 to 12 additional hours to your Zune.

Not really a test, but I currently have four drives on my Windows Home Server beta providing 1TB of storage. One of the USB enclosures are giving me a little trouble not being recognized after boot up. Yesterday I had to reboot the WHS machine, and the one drive didn't come back online. When going to the admin interface it displayed the drive as being offline. All share access went on as normal. I was able to access my duplicated shares without any problems. In addition, the file share that weren't set up for duplication were still there with files in them. Some files became unavailable until the USB came back up and joined the rest of the drives in the cluster.

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MadZ Software announces the release of version 1.0 of its DVD to Zune Video Converter software. DVD to Zune Video Converter 1.0 rips DVD video files and converts them into WMV format so that they can then be uploaded to and played on a Microsoft Zune. Just connect your Zune to your computer as you normally do, and instantly the converted video files will be uploaded to your player.

Works with Windows XP and 2000. For more information, visit the DVD to Zune Video Converter website at http://www.dvdtozunevideo.com. Get a ...

DLO released some new Zune accessories. The TransDock micro dock provides FM broadcasting and charging via your sync cable ...

JGUI has released a free Vista skin for your Windows Mobile. It even comes with the taskbar, and sidebar for that authentic Vista look.

The look is awesome, and free is always good.

SlingCommunity.com is reporting that SlingPlayer Mobile will be coming to Windows Mobile 6. So folks upgrading can still view their favorite episode of Smallville.

It seems like UMPC-like Windows Mobile devices are all the craze nowadays. Leave it to Japan to get this nice EM ONE by Sharp.

This device has TV, high speed, 4.1" VGA screen, slide out keyboard, camera, and more. And the big feature is, it probably will never be available in the U.S., we can only hope.

Verizon Wireless and Palm have announced the aviability of the Palm Treo for Verizon Wireless customers. Now you can have the applications that are unique to Palm on your Windows Mobile 5 phone.

The Treo 700wx smartphone combines broadband-like speeds on Verizon Wireless' high-speed network with wireless e-mail(1) and rich media capabilities all in one -- bringing Palm's world-class ease of use to the Windows Mobile platform. The Treo 700wx has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a bright 240 x 240 touch screen and support for Bl ...