11:41 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Since we are currently in the process of moving our e-mail accounts to a dedicated e-mail server, and as it takes 12-24hrs for DNS changes to propagate, it's possible that some of your e-mails sent to any @mobileread.com address will bounce. Please bear with us and try again later. Thanks!

12:07 AM by Evan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is up for review by the US Copyright Office starting November 2. For those not in the know, the DMCA renders the removal or tampering with of Digital Rights Managed materials (e.g., music, movies, e-books, etc.) illegal. As Ars Technica mentions, while it's not likely that the Copyright office will make major revisions, if you can argue a strong enough case, it's possible that the office will provide additional exemptions from the law under Fair Use. Put your $0.02 in here.

Thanks to Ars Technica for the news.

02:34 PM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

If you are looking for price-reduced e-books of the horror and/or dark fantasy category, check out Fictionwise's latest offerings with discounts of up to 25%.

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08:28 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Don't miss PalmAddict's latest podcast which includes a review of the new Avvenu service, a comparison of the iPod video with the iPod nano, and an analysis explaining why Palm OS is not dead yet.

07:59 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

In what should be great news to fans of the role-playing game universe, Zanegames has finally released EDGE, its RPG for Palm OS devices, and we recommend you to immediately check out PDA247's comprehensive hands-on review of the beta version. They conclude:

I have evaluated and reviewed hundreds of applications in the last few years and have never been as impressed with one as much as I am with EDGE. The game play is addictive, the graphics stunningly realistic, and you find yourself immersed in a lavishly detailed environment. You don't play EDGE, you live it....

There's also a podcast on the history of EDGE, while another podcast interviewing the developer of EDGE is expected to follow in a week or two.

Update: Tapland has another review, thanks to PalmAddicts for the tip.

02:56 AM by ballshooter in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

If you are looking for freebie Pocket PC games, check out Fast Swapper Halloween Edition, which is a special limited edition of the popular free game and includes new features.

In addition Ballshooter offers a 33% discount on their commercial games throughout this month.

08:40 PM by Brian in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Have you ever found yourself in need of an important file you left on your desktop computer back at home or at the office? With SoonR Desktop Agent and Google Desktop Search installed on your computer, you can search for, access, and view files remotely from any computer or handheld device using only a web browser.

SoonR is a new software and service to help you keep In Touch with your data. Have you ever...?

SoonR with Share on the Spot™ technology gives you all this and more! In order to use SoonR, a computer(s) connected to the Internet runs a small secure agent as a service. Computers that have Google Desktop Search installed can be searched remotely using any device with a browser such as your PDA or phone. SoonR has been tested and is compatible with the majority of mobile phones with data access. There is no software to install on the phone, eliminating administration and maintenance issues. To try SoonR for free today, visit www.soonr.com and sign up for a beta account. Instructions for installing the client will be displayed when you log in. Currently SoonR is available in English.

You can read more about SoonR at the developer's website here.

Related: Remotely access your files with Avvenu

05:27 PM by Brian in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Nokia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) have announced a new research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts near the MIT campus where researchers will work together on a new vision for mobile computing. The Nokia Research Center Cambridge will be composed of about twenty researchers from Nokia and twenty researchers from MIT under the direction of a joint steering committee and will begin operations on January 1, 2006, according to the press release.

The collaborative work of the Nokia Research Center Cambridge will center on a view of the future where small handheld devices such as mobile phones will become parts of an "ecosystem" of information, services, peripherals, sensors and other devices. Research will address new user interfaces that incorporate speech and other modalities, new mobile computing platforms - including low power hardware platforms and wireless communication, as well as new software architectures. Researchers will also address new ways of managing information: The use of Semantic Web technologies - an extension of the current Web developed in part at CSAIL and at the Nokia Research Center - will enable devices to more intuitively and automatically understand interconnected terms, information and services.

This news in addition to the MIT Media Lab's Reality Mining Project could lead to incredible breakthroughs in for mobile computing devices that incorporate artificial intelligence. Handheld devices that predict behavior, are location and context-aware, and have improved vision and speech recognition capabilities could usher in a mobile computing renaissance.

Read the full press release here.

Related: Where are the intelligent handhelds?, Futurists make tech predictions