Stories by Yardena Arar

New Pocket PCs cater to connected travelers

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a slew of new Pocket PCs Tuesday, all sporting the company's recently announced Pocket PC 2002 operating system for the downsized devices.

TECHXNY - Extras! extras! (for PDAs)

Turn your PDA into a car navigation device, or a hiking companion. Use it to type documents, or browse entire Web pages on its tiny screen. And keep it ticking--even beyond its normal battery life.

D-Link DWL-120

The introduction of 802.11b USB wireless networking adapters, such as D-Link's DWL-120, make adding desktop PCs to your network as simple as adding a notebook.

Fast wireless networking -- if you can use it

Lucent Technologies' OriNoco wireless networking system lets home- and small-office users share files and a single Internet hookup at the zippy 11Mbps speed of the 802.11b standard-once they get it up and running. In my tests with preproduction hardw...

Microsoft pushes Windows for non-PC devices

Handhelds, network appliances, industrial equipment, and other non-PC devices are key to the future of Microsoft, which has announced initiatives to encourage use of its operating systems on a broad variety of computing devices.

Flat-panel price decreases forecast

A continued slide in LCD monitor prices could make 15-inch flat-panel displays as cheap as $US500 next year -- and possibly hot items for Christmas 2001, an industry official says.