"Nuernberg, October 3, 2008--German software developer SoftMaker today announced that it has
made SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows, predecessor to its current
office suite SoftMaker Office 2008, available as a free download."

"Since the advent of Microsoft Office 2007, an ever growing number of
users have been looking for alternatives that do not involve
learning a new user interface from scratch. SoftMaker Office 2006

The folks at eWEEK often post short graphic articles and slideshows about a topic or new technology (sometimes they do a quick device review in this manner). Recently they posted a superb slide-show identifying features to be included in their idea of the perfect Smart Phone.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was recently interviewed by Martin Veitch, editor for CIO.com directly after his keynote speech at Microsoft's London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”.

One statement made by Ballmer might be of extreme interest for Windows Mobile enthusiasts:

The guys at Airscanner must be loads of fun at parties, particularly Seth Fogie! Demonstrated here (click on the linked image above), the vulnerable nature of unprotected Active Sync connections to your computer!

There is something about a SCOTTEVEST that just exudes a special character along with an amazingly comfortable feeling as you wear it.

I was fortune enough to be able to visit Israel last February to celebrate my and Israel's 60th birthday. Let us pray that fear, hatred, and distrust can leave the Middle East, so everyone will feel comfortable visiting this ancient, beautiful, and holy land to so many.

So this month's topic is scary Windows Mobile problems and mine's actually pretty similar to Nate's in that it's ROM related. But that's where the similarity ends.

You wake up one day to discover your mobile is not listening to you anymore. Programs exit unbidden, or the unit simply hangs threateningly at the boot screen. It might refuse to start at all (uh-oh)! It's turned into a zombie... Yep, that's right. All you did was ask it to load some software, or maybe you tweaked some reg value you shouldn've. Next thing you know, your trying to resurrect it from the dead.

As we've noted before, Google's Android isn’t related to Windows Mobile, but we cover it here because it’s one more indication of the trend toward Internet-centric touch devices. Plus this week we’ll note new mobile video sharing sites that even let you stream live video from your device.