The Pocket PC Wargame Genre by Damian Julien
It's been a distracting Pocket PC wargame session with Handmark's Warfare Incorporated for Pocket PC . I experienced flashes of Command and Conquer pangs of nostalgia as I started erecting power generators to keep my turrets active. It was the only thing holding the enemy AI units at bay. ... It took a while, but we're at the point where great real time strategy games on our PDAs don't just have to be desktop-to-PDA ports like Age of Empires as attested to Warfare Incorporated's presence on the RTS gaming scene.

A Personal Digital Assistant Puts the World in the Palm of Your Hand by Kathryn Lively
Every year we make the same resolutions: we are going to exercise more, eat better, and above all get organized. Maybe you are like the thousands upon thousands of people who, each year, go out and buy a thick personal organizer. You look forward to a new year of planning appointments and... Compatibility – You want to be sure the PDA you choose will work with your computer's platform and software, as you will use your computer primarily to download data onto the device. ... Make sure there will be an ease of transition with regards to documents, and that any ports can plug in easily...

How To Find Discount Laptops by Dave Westin
It can be very overwhelming to try and sort through all of the different laptops to find the best deal. There are some great steps that you can take to minimize shopping time and still get a discount laptop. Many companies push deals on different computers that can look good. ... There are also other various options like Bluetooth. ... This lets you wirelessly connect to various components like cell phones and PDAs. ... Make sure not to waste money on a wireless network card unless you need it. ... Many people simply use their laptops at desks where internet ports are available.

Talking Rugged Notebook by Richard Keir
A rugged notebook offers mobile professionals the ability to work in any environment and in any location. Versatile and powerful, rugged notebook computers are designed specifically for both in-plant and outdoor industrial (and military) applications. ... The semi-rugged notebooks have a variety of features from the T2 with touchscreen weighing in at only 2.7 pounds to the Toughbook 51, available with a 2GHz Intel Pentium M 760, a shock-mounted 80 GB HDD and up to 2 GB of DDR2 SDRAM, with a 15 inch TFT Active Matrix Color LCD and a standard Combo Drive of a DVD multi-drive, weighing in at...

Personal Wireless with Bluetooth by Karen Wilkinson
If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... If you want to add Bluetooth to a computer that doesn't come with it pre-installed, you should probably use a USB to Bluetooth adapter, although internal Bluetooth devices to install in your computer are available. ... Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is...

Doom Game Movie Fragged by Critics by Damian Julien
The Doom game franchise has proven its popularity. A movie titled after its namesake has proven its box office might. Sarge and his crew have raked in $15.5 million-- not a bad haul. Yet, noted critic Phil Villarreal said it most succintly in his review of this movie, asking why we don't just... This stretches to the PDA realm with free releases like the Pocket Doom game beta available for the Cassiopeia E-100 series, posted in 2000. ... Unfortunately, porting this game to a movie was significantly more successful than Pocket Doom PDA development attempts.

Personal Wireless Networking by Jason Keno
If you've got a wireless network for your computers already, well, you might get a bit excited about what I'm going to say next. How would you feel if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth is wireless USB. ... Some cars, for example, now have on-board computers that will connect with a Bluetooth phone and allow you to make hands-free calls, regardless of...

Do You Sudoku? New Masochistic Sudoku Pocket PC Puzzle Downloads by Damian Julien
The Sudoku Pocket PC puzzle game is a bit of an about-face. That's if, of course, you're more into rapid swapping puzzle game gems in Bejeweled 2 than applying some ridiculously rigourous and intensely complex logical strategems. The Sudoku Pocket PC version starts you off with a 9x9 grid,... Fascinatingly, Sudoku mania is on the rise as an increasingly sought-after download with a cross-platform appeal. ... It's not exactly a PDA puzzle game that you can pass to the kids in a bid for a moment's peace.

Seven Things to Consider When Choosing a PDA by Jason Kohrs
In the early days, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) were not much more than glorified calculators with the ability to store contact information and brief notes. Now, the line between personal computer and personal digital assistant is blurred thanks to the advanced capabilities of these useful... Infrared is a short range protocol that can allow for a PDA to exchange data with another PDA, as well as with a compatible laptop or desktop computer. ... In general, a PDA will come with one of two operating systems: Palm OS or Microsoft Pocket PC, each with its own very different approaches...

3.5" FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) is Dead! Long live the USB Drive! by Akhilesh Singh
Do you remember the last time you used the FDD drive of your computer, and for what? Chance is if you have used it then it would be for some emergency booting of the computer, or for recovery of your broken OS. Meaning you would have not used it for data transfer using this medium. ... Example includes: - USB Hard Disk Drives - Zip Drive with USB interface - digital camera acting as an USB drive for accessing the photographs directly on any computer - PDAs like Palm that already connect to the computer using USB acts as a USB drive for accessing the data stored in its memory and SD/MMC...