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It’s that time of year again and, as gaming expo fever starts to build and E3 and GCDC loom large on the horizon, Microsoft Corp. is drumming up consumer interest by once again offering temporarily free access to its Xbox Live multiplayer and multimedia experience.

Made available through its returning ‘Xtival’ special event, Redmond-based Microsoft will take away the pay-to-play restriction tied into Xbox Live Gold account memberships between May 01 and May 04, subsequently granting anyone with an Xbox 360 access to the full and complete service.

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Windows 7 (Beta 1) available now (Public downloads only available through Feb. 10)Public beta downloads end this Saturday, but it will still be on MSDN/Technet if you have a paid account there.

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HTC takes Windows Mobile smartphone design to the next level with the introduction of the highly desirable and elegant HTC FUZE. The multi faceted HTC FUZE is a 3G tri-band HSDPA Windows Mobile smartphone brought to you by AT&T that allows you access to the world and to a world of features. Going on a trip? Whether it’s a spring break cruise to the islands or a business meeting in Hong Kong, AT&T has you covered with the HTC FUZE. With the largest international footprint of any wireless provider and the powerful HTC FUZE, only AT&T customers can make and receive calls in more than 200 countries and on 75 major cruise ships. The HTC FUZE for AT&T also offers email and Web browsing capabilities in more than 145 countries. The world is your office with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional® and the HTC FUZE. Get full access to your Microsoft Outlook mailbox, contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks; edit Microsoft Office® documents or view Adobe® PDF attachments; or take advantage of support for multiple email applications including Microsoft Direct Push®, Good™ Mobile Messaging, and Blackberry® Connect™.
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With most American mobile data networks busy trying to deliver third-generation (3G) mobile wireless access to traveling businesspeople, Sprint’s newly launched Xohm service takes a giant step forward by offering America’s first 4G system.

Based on WiMax technology, it can deliver broadband data speeds to notebooks, Internet tablets and eventually smartphones. But at the moment, there aren’t many devices to connect with, the network is struggling with reliability issues, and the high-speed service is limited to just one city — Baltimore.

WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless data system based on Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) technology and the IEEE’s 802.16e spec. That’s a lot to swallow, but Xohm’s basic facts are that it broadcasts on the 2.5-GHz portion of the radio frequency spectrum, a slightly higher frequency than the 2.4 GHz that the 802.11b/g/n standards, commonly used in Wi-Fi networks, operate on.

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