HTC announced a branding change for what was previously known as the Athena. It is now known as the HTC Advantage Portable Office. You can visit the product page for more information. And for you lucky folks in Europe, you can enter to win one too.

According to a user at Doom9 forums, it appears that AACS has been compromised and compromised in such a way that you may soon see HDDVD, and Blu-ray backup software in the market in the near future.

According to arnezami, the person who found the hole, the process was pretty simple:

"But I'm shocked! It doesn't appear to be anywhere near random as I expected it to be!! This could mean (just maybe) its guessable/computable... "

Will we see a slew of law ...

Via GottaBeMobile.com:

It appears TabletKiosk's warehouse was robbed of a large amount of UMPCs and Tablet PCs, and are asking the community to be on the lookout for the thieves trying to fence the items on eBay, classified sites, and anywhere else. Here is the request from Gail Levy of TabletKiosk:

The Tablet PC and UMPC fan base is often referred to as a community.  This is why I am reaching out to the online Tablet and UMPC fan base so that we can all respond in a unified front.

 On Sunday, Febr ...

Take a challange and earn a reward. By completing the challenges you can earn tokens for use on the Xbox Marketplace.

http://xboxrewards.msgamestudios.com/

Are you a UMPC owner, a desktop owner, and maybe more PCs that you want to Sync? Did you load up Vista only to find some apps no longer work? Now you can sync up your Vista devices using the newly released UltraSync version 2.0.

Product Features

With more Windows Mobile devices having MicroSD storage, SanDisk announced the release of a 4GB MicroSD HC card. Retail release is planned for later in 2007.

Official PR...

Want to develop applications for Windows Mobile? The images for the Windows Mobile SDKs have been posted to Microsoft's site. Even if you're not a developer you can use the emulator to get a feel for the new OS.

• Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard SDK
• Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional SDK 

Microsoft Corp today unveiled Windows Mobile(R) 6, the newest version of its mobile software platform.

"A workforce that is both mobile and connected is becoming essential for business success," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. "That's why we're integrating innovative mobile technologies into all our key products, with Windows Mobile as the centrepiece."

Windows Mobile 6 delivers the ability to view e-mails in their original rich HTML format with live links to web and SharePoint(R) sites, which means text and images are disp ...

Here's the rundown on some rumors out this week:

• Xbox price drop by Christmas of $100 - maybe realistic, prices usually drop during the holiday shopping season.
• Black Xbox 360 to be out soon - White, black, whatever... ...HDMI and 120GB HD, now we're talking.

Innowell's Uren A1 car UMPC runs a Windows XP, sports an AMD LX800 processor, with a 7" screen. Top those features off with a SiRFStar III GPS chipset with HSDPA and you're always sure to find your way home. No information yet on US availability.

If you're familiar with Softsled, this is the code name for a software based version of Media Center Extender. It would be nice to have Softsled, but today I found out about an alternative; WebGuide. This software runs on Vista and provides your Vista Media Center with Extender like functionality via a Web browser. If you're familiar with Orb, then WebGuide is something similar. I like WebGuide< ...

First the Zune Phone was a rumor, then it was confirmed now it has been delegated back to rumor status. What a week for the Zune.

Microsoft plans to release Windows Mobile 6 on Monday at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona.

As mentioned previously here at RedmondGadgets.com, Windows Mobile 6 is set to undergo a name change and have some new features, namely integration with Windows Live for email and Messaging.