“snap_nopreview” href=’http://dream.wincustomize.com’ target=’_blank’> Stardock has released DeskScapes 1.01, a free program that extends the Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, Windows DreamScenes to support dynamic and triggered animated wallpaper content.
While Windows DreamScene supports playing .MPEG

and .WMV files as animated wallpapers, Stardock developed DeskScapes to extend this capability to support the .DREAM format (Dreams) which was explicitly designed […]

Quite the story in today’s Globe & Mail. The Globe reports that LBO heavyweight KKR is in preliminary discussions about taking BCE - Bell Canada Enterprises - the holding company for Bell Canada - private. This is being talked up as a $30 billion deal, which would make it the largest privatization in Canada’s history.
A […]

onics and Google have announced a global collaboration to pre-install Google’s services on LG mobile phones, enabling mobile users around the world to easily search, find locations, update blogs and manage email while on the move.
Select LG handsets, pre-installed with Google products and services will be shipped globally including North America, Europe and Asia starting […]

tanners took some time off to organise answers to a range of tough questions from Geekzone members as per below:
1. Data roaming charges: Here’s a case in point on the exorbitant charges for data roaming on overseas networks. I have a client in Australia for a few weeks, who has had no end of email […]

My guest on this week’s podcast was David Cork, someone I’ve known for quite some time. David is the CEO and co-founder of Natural Convergence. They’re based in Ottawa, and are part of the Terry Matthews fold, whose IP communications success stories include Mitel, Convedia and Ubiquity.
Natural Convergence focuses on hosted IP telephony for the […]

ss=’floatimageright’ alt=”Samsung introduces 64GB 1.8 inch flash drive” src=”images/news/samsungssd64gb.jpg”>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has developed a 1.8”-type 64 Gigabyte (GB) flash-solid state drive (SSD). The new flash-SSD is based on an eight gigabit (Gb) single-level-cell (SLC) NAND, which provides higher performance over conventional SSDs.
The read and write performance of the new SLC flash-SSD have been […]

s announced some additions to the Google Pack, a collection of free software available for any user of Windows-based PCs. The updated software pack now delivers new security options and a fresh way to display photos.
Symantec Norton Security Scan is one of the new security features in the Google Pack. Users get basic virus protection, […]

ss=’floatimageright’ alt=”Palm announces update to Windows Mobile 6 for Treo 750″ src=”images/news/palmtreo750.jpg”>Palm, Inc. has announced that an update to the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system will be available for Treo750 devices around the world.
The Treo 750 is available from carriers in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For AT&T customers, the update also […]

ss=’floatimageright’ alt=”Sierra Wireless introduces AirCard 595U CDMA EVDO Rev A USB modem” src=”images/news/sierrawirelessaircard595u.jpg”>Sierra Wireless has announced an agreement to supply the new Sierra Wireless AirCard 595U USB modem for access to the Sprint Mobile Broadband EV-DO Rev A network. The Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem (AirCard 595U) will be available next month in Sprint sales […]

ss=’floatimageright’ alt=”Symbian 9.5 announced” src=”images/news/symbian95.jpg”>Symbian Ltd. has announced the launch of Symbian OS v9.5, the latest evolution of one of the world’s best selling operating system for smartphones.
The new Symbian OS v9.5 brings high performance features designed for richer consumer and enterprise experiences as well as significant savings to phone build costs and time-to-market, […]