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Microsoft: Stay connected all the time

...Universal Plug and Play initiative and an updated version of its MSN Web Companion Internet Appliance. Pocket PCs will incorporate a new user interface as... Read more

7 January, 2000 by John Spooner
MobiPocket Reader 5.3.582

MobiPocket Reader 5.3.582

...a universal eBook and eNews Reader for PalmOs and WindowsCE PDAsThe MobiPocket Web Companion software : with a click of the mouse, download pages from eNews... Read more

26 December, 2007
MobiPocket Reader Pro for Windows CE 4.8

MobiPocket Reader Pro for Windows CE 4.8

...RSS feeds and Weblogs; subscribe to eNews directly from within the new Web Companion interface Read more

28 April, 2004

HP-Compaq merger may complicate Microsoft relations

Deal will bring together two companies that have very different relationships with Microsoft Read more

5 September, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft 'pushing, pushing, pushing' in embedded arena

...to go. "We have delivered the PocketPC, Car.Net and the MSN Web Companion, among others, and Microsoft will continue to be a leading-edge... Read more

7 February, 2001 by Peter Galli

MS .Net: Integration to the max

...services. These services will run on a variety of platforms, including PCs, Web Companion Internet appliances, WebTV and Pocket PC. Integration of programmable components and... Read more

23 June, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Intel lines up with Linux

...WebTV device, which provides Internet access over TVs, and its newly announced Web Companion products. Leglise downplayed any split with Microsoft. He said customers asked... Read more

5 January, 2000 by ZDNet

eMachines: Expect appliances from us

...for it. For example, Compaq demonstrated at Comdex a Windows CE-based Web Companion device, which will be used only for accessing the Internet. The... Read more

19 November, 1999 by John G.Spooner

Comdex '99: Spotlight on PC 'appliances'

New cheaper "legacy-free PCs" and easy-to-use "computing appliances" will be touted Read more

15 November, 1999 by John G.Spooner

PC makers ready to throw out the Windows

...the fold. It is working with some of them to make MSN Web Companion, an Internet machine which will be tied to Microsoft's MSN... Read more

28 October, 1999 by ZDNet

Jesse Berst: MSN takes another swing at Web

...above, there are other plans on Microsoft's Everyday Web roadmap: MSN Web Companion will be a simple, instant-on consumer Internet appliance for email... Read more

24 September, 1999 by Jesse Berst
Tiki'Notes 6 keys friendly keyboard notepad 2.12

Tiki'Notes 6 keys friendly keyboard notepad 2.12

...your learning curve without effortLike the 6 Keys experience ? try TIKISURF the web companion that will dramatically speed up your access to your favorites websites... Read more

17 March, 2010
SPB Traveler 2 - Travel with Confidence! 2.9

SPB Traveler 2 - Travel with Confidence! 2.9

...even a geographical game for fun self education.SPB Traveler Features: NEW! Web companion NEW! Import from TripIt.com NEW! SPB Weather 2.x functionality... Read more

26 June, 2007
Microsoft Student 2006

Microsoft Student 2006

...their children do not always find what they need online.1 The Web Companion streamlines research, providing quick access to trusted information. Additional features include... Read more

5 July, 2005
ChartMaker Pro 7.0

ChartMaker Pro 7.0

...features. You can even serve the images over the web using the Web Companion.Since ChartMaker Pro does not require a plug-in, the charts... Read more

3 May, 2003

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

12 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

15 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

15 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

21 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux