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  • New Bluetooth Protocol Saves PC Data to PDAs, Phones

    Transferring Internet content from a PC to your cell phone or PDA is about to get a whole lot easier. On Thursday, at Ziff Davis’ Digital Life consumer electronics trade show in New York, the Bluetooth SIG—a group that develops and approves various wireless technologies for the specification—announced the release of a new version of…

  • HP Hires New Ethics Chief

    Hewlett-Packard has appointed a new chief ethics and compliance officer in the wake of the controversy surrounding its investigation into news leaks over the past two years. Jon Hoak, former senior vice president and general counsel for NCR, is replacing Kevin Hunsaker, one of five people charged in California last week with four felonies in…

  • Websense Aims to Complete Channel Transition Next Year

    Security vendor Websense has launched an aggressive partner recruitment drive and embraced two-tier distribution in its efforts to implement an all-channel sales strategy. The San Diego-based company has forged its first distribution partnership in North America with Ingram Micro, of Santa Ana, Calif., the world’s largest IT products distributor. Websense aims to move all its…

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  • Palm Touts Treo 680 Without Price

    Want to buy one of those new Treo 680s? Figure on spending $199. Maybe a little more, but I doubt it. In one of the stranger press conference events of late, Palm President Ed Colligan at the Treo 680 introduction at the DigitalLife show (full disclosure: a show put on by our parent company, Ziff…

  • What if Microsoft Held a Vista Party and Nobody Came?

    The countdown for the release of Windows Vista keeps ticking, and the expectations—from outward appearances—seem to be growing. The signs are that Microsoft and Vista very early adopters expect some kind of community groundswell to take place around the launch and maybe even before. But based on reader reaction, the event planners should be able…

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