Microsoft launches MSN mobile portals REUTERS [ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2002 3:52:14 PM ] LONDON: Microsoft on Wednesday said that it had launched mobile versions of its MSN Internet portal in Europe which are specifically designed for the small colour screens of handheld computers. Two mobile MSN portals in France and Germany, for Pocket PC computers that have access to the Internet over a Wireless LAN or a mobile phone network, went live on Wednesday. British and Spanish versions will launch in coming weeks. "The launch means that for the first time a broad range of MSN content can be accessed from mobile devices," Microsoft MSN said in a statement. The portals will have special web addresses that are different from the URLs that MSN uses for its portals that are viewed on a large personal computer screen. The US software company, which has set itself ambitious goals to become a services and software provider to the wireless industry, also published the first usage numbers of the SMS text message version of its web-based email service Hotmail. MORE ...http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1557565735 Assassinphone's to follow. 5" Computer's coming... EW YORK: International Business Machines Corp.'s research division says it has developed a prototype of a portable computer module that is the size of a small pad of paper and has the computing power of a typical notebook or desktop computer. The portable computing device, which IBM Research will unveil on Feb. 11 at a technology conference in Phoenix, Arizona, includes 128 megabytes of dynamic random access memory, a 10-gigabit hard drive and a microprocessor - which is the brain of the computer - that runs at 800 megahertz, or 800 million cycles per second. "We've taken the PC down to where you can take it home and finish your work," said Kenneth Ocheltree, manager for next generation mobile at IBM Research. Code-named "MetaPad", MORE...http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1228797951 Should go well with the METAlstorm e-pistol.
