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PRODUCT REVIEW
Crazy Olympics 1.5
By James Booth

Nostalgia. A longing for something past. That's what comes to mind with Crazy Olympics for Palm from CrazySoft (at http://www.crazysoft.gr/olympics.htm). Visions of sweaty, greasy-haired teenage boys huddled around an arcade machine, cramped fingers flying over buttons, and quarters lined up across the bottom of the screen float through my mind.

Crazy Olympics is a Palm version of the old arcade Olympics game from the 80s. It has five different events, each with an easy and a hard setting, and a sixth Crazy Olympics event, in which you compete in all five events in a series. The five events you will be competing in are 100M Running, Long Jump, Javelin, 100M Hurdles, and the Hammer Throw. In the Running and Hurdle events you will race against a computer opponent.

100M Running
The goal of the 100M Running event, shown in Figure A, is of course to run 100M in as fast a time as possible.

FIGURE A

Run for the Gold in 100M Running. Click picture for a larger image.

Long Jump
In the Long Jump, shown in Figure B, you sprint down the runway, and then launch your player into the air before he crosses the fault line.

FIGURE B

How far can you go in the Long Jump? Click picture for a larger image.

He sails through the air to land in the sandpit, where an official rolls out the tape to measure the distance. You have to time your launch and angle of jump in order to get the most distance possible from the speed you've accumulated.

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COMPUTING UNPLUGGED NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest mobile and wireless news? The Computing Unplugged News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great mobile and wireless resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:

HP iPAQ h6300 details
A great deal of information has leaked out over the past few months about an upcoming iPAQ that will offer three different forms of wireless networking: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GSM/GPRS. Now, even more details of the iPAQ h6300 series have emerged.

Coca-Cola Symbol devices
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has signed a deal with Symbol Technologies to roll out 28,000 mobile devices, based on specifications agreed by the two companies, across its European and North American operations.

Mobile devices jeopardizing network perimeter
A Burton Group report suggests that enterprise networks, and the data they safeguard, may be at risk because of unsecured mobile devices.

Flaw leaves Internet open
A security researcher has developed a new attack for a well-known flaw in the TCP protocol that allows an attacker to effectively shut down targeted routers and terminate existing TCP sessions at will.

Internet speed record set
Researchers have set a data transmission record over the Internet2's high-speed backbone. The record, announced Tuesday at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Va., was for transmitting data over nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of 6.25 gigabits per second.

Bayesian filters again
Well, it would seem I forgot to include the link for this story, so let's try it again. Experts say the best way to deal with the constant barrage of unwanted commercial e-mail, or spam, is to set up several layers of defense at various points in your company's messaging infrastructure. Conventional thinking holds that the most effective way to avoid spam is to examine the body and subject line of incoming messages with e-mail filtering programs that employ Bayesian logic, which uses knowledge of past behavior to decide which e-mails to accept.

Abidia Wireless 2.5
Software vendor Abidia released version 2.5 of the Palm OS version of its wireless auction package. Users can organize, track, and bid on active auctions, review items in their watch list, add new items, and search for auctions or items; view images of items found, check items' current bid prices, and compare prices in other auctions.

Moving beyond Bayesian filters
Experts say the best way to deal with the constant barrage of unwanted commercial e-mail, or spam, is to et up several layers of defense at various points in your company's messaging infrastructure. Conventional thinking holds that the most effective way to avoid spam is to examine the body and subject line of incoming messages with e-mail filtering programs that employ Bayesian logic, which uses knowledge of past behavior to decide which e-mails to accept.

Gage R&R business statistical app
Creative Algorithms announced the release of Gage Tech, software for the Palm OS handheld that assists in the performance of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R).

High capacity laptop battery
Battery-Biz has released the PowerPlus 60, a 60Wh rechargeable universal laptop battery that provides up to 5 hours of additional run time. The PowerPlus 60 fits over 2000 laptop models and includes a universal AC adapter.

GoodLink certifiied for FIPS
Good Technology and palmOne announced that the GoodLink wireless messaging and data access system, which is optimized for the Treo 600 smartphone from palmOne, has received the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 certification. Good will market and sell the combined messaging system directly and through its partners to the government sector.

Too connected?
Is it possible to be too connected? Apparently so at Microsoft, where after providing workers with a myriad of mobile devices, including smart phones and tablet PCs, the software giant has to issue guidance to its employees on when they should put work aside and disconnect.

VideoHound Movie Guide
PocketSensei announced VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever is now available for Palm Powered devices. It features the most in-depth and full-featured movie guide ever created for the Palm OS platform.

Multiple IMs with Chatopus
Chatopus is a Jabber/XMPP client for instant messaging on the Palm OS platform, allowing users to communicate with Jabber contacts and many other popular IM clients.

Sony Clie PEG-T27 review
In this piece, James Miller of Palm Boulevard reviews the Sony Clie PEG-T27 Palm OS device.

Samsung i550 Smartphone approved
The Federal Communications Commission has given permission for Samsung to release the SPH-i550 Palm OS Smartphone in the US.

Free shipping on iPhoto books
Apple is offering users of iPhoto 2 or greater free standard shipping on iPhoto books through June 15.

Keyspan USB Server
Keyspan has announced it is now shipping its USB Server that connects USB devices to a Mac or PC via a wired or wireless Ethernet-based LAN.

Robot doubles as Wi-Fi Assistant
PatrolBot, from ActivMedia Robotics, can integrate with buildings’ central heating and cooling systems, security systems, air quality controls, wi-fi networks, and even lighting and power systems to provide valuable building services and emergency back-up. PatrolBot can also greet guests, guide them to their destinations or lead building tours.

Nanotech or megahype?
Still years away from reaching the public, scientists hope nanotechnology will eventually live up to the hype it's received for its potential to advance medicine, electronics and manufacturing.

Lightspeed extends overclocking support
A new beta version of Lightspeed has been announced. The utility enables many Palm OS 5 handheld processors to be overclocked or underclock. The new version is now compatible with Intel XScale, TI OMAP, and Motorola i.MXL processors.

Fingerprint recognition sensors
ALPS Electric is currently developing two types of compact and thin fingerprint recognition sensors for mobile phones, notebook PCs and other mobile information devices in response to heightened security needs. The pressure sensitive film type of fingerprint recognition sensor is designed to be the thinnest in the world, and the transparent type has a transparent sensor construction, the first commercial product of its kind.

25GB Paper Disc
TOPPAN Printing and Sony Corporation announced the successful development of a 25GB paper disc based on Blu-ray Disc technology. Details will be announced at the Optical Data Storage 2004 conference to be held from April 18th to April 21st in Monterey, California.

Colleges with best wireless access
Intel's 2nd annual "Most Unwired Cities" survey ranks the top 100 US cities and regions for the greatest wireless Internet accessibility. This year, the survey has been expanded to include a look at the most unwired college campuses in the nation.

Law throws book at spammers
Legislatures push additional guidelines for the Can-Spam Act, including added penalties for people convicted of sending spam using someone else's computer without permission or obscuring the message's real origin.

More Windows patches
On Tuesday Microsoft released four new collections of Windows fixes, three of which it has deemed critical. The company issued four new security bulletins, all of which pertain to Windows vulnerabilities.

Smartphones a bad investment
Experts say that if enterprises don't require wireless carriers to let them use existing phone on compatible network, companies may be forced to prematurely throw away thousands of dollars worth of expensive mobile phones.

Additional Clie updates
Sony has released updates and patches for the TH55, TJ37 and TJ27 handhelds. The system updates address Wi-Fi connection issues and a memory stick power drain bug.

Browser supports new processors
ACCESS announced that the newest version of its embedded browser, NetFront v3.1, supports Intel's next-generation PXA270 processor family. MontaVista Japan, which recently teamed with ACCESS to provide a Linux-based development platform and embedded browser solution, also supports the Intel PXA270 processor family.

SanDisk in China
SanDisk announced that it has opened its first distribution center in China, in the Futian Free Trade Zone of Shenzhen near Hong Kong. The facility, located in a five-floor, 59,203-square-foot building, will house packaging and shipping operations for Asia and the Pacific Rim.

Cingular, Kodak team up
Cingular Wireless and Eastman Kodak Company announced they are looking for America's cheeriest smiles as part of a national photo contest: Share a Smile.

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