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Are mobile 64-bit processors up to the task? I decided to review an AMD Athlon 64-bit laptop in order to find out. For this review, I have selected the LinuxCertified LC2464.

The first company ever to market a Linux-based mobile phone in the US has been acquired by America Online. Wildseed (formerly GitWit) targets the teen market with dual-band GSM/GPRS Linux fashion phones (shown at left) with snap-on plastic skins themed around popular entertainers. AOL is a division of entertainment powerhouse Time Warner.

Matt McKenzie's blog with a mini review of LinuxCertified Linux laptop. Matt reports this as the smoothest experience he has had using any laptop computer.

Lately, rumours had been popping up that Palm's new Treo 670 would be running Windows Mobile-- however, no hard evidence confirming these rumours ever appeared. Untill now.

One more major mp3 player goes into the video business (a pretty good indication that Apple will follow with an iPod Video). The Creative Zen Vision can do music, photos, FM Radio, voice+FM recording, TV-out and video playback on its nice 3.7" VGA screen for $399. However, the device lacks a composite-in (in order to schedule & record video/audio from an external source) and also it doesn't have a stand (so you can't place it on a surface vertically-tilted for more people to watch).

Drew Technologies used embedded Linux to build what it calls the "world's first open technology automotive scanning tool." The ScanDAQ is a rugged handheld that could make today's computerized cars easier to fix and modify using third-party, and even open source, J2534 software.

Many rumors lately about a potential video iPod that's around the corner... However, what about the existing mobile A/V solutions? OSNews took a spin of the RCA Lyra RD2780, the audio/video recorder/playback jukebox that's currently selling for only $219 via Geeks.com.

Although the two versions of Windows Mobile have a great deal in common, currently developers have to modify their Pocket PC applications to run on the Smartphone version, and vice versa. However...

The Motorola A728 is one of three new Linux-based handsets introduced by Motorola yesterday, and one of two providing smartphone capabilities.

Kaspersky Lab is expanding further into the American market with the U.S. debut of its antivirus software for Linux and Unix e-mail servers, file servers and workstations.