BetaNews | MS Handheld an iPod and PSP Killer?

BetaNews MS Handheld an iPod and PSP Killer?: "Microsoft's own answer to the iPod may not come in the form most people are expecting. According to BetaNews' own sources and those referenced in a Monday article in the San Jose Mercury News, the folks in Redmond may be looking to kill two birds with one stone.
Plans are rumored to be in the works for a device called the XPlayer. This device would combine an Xbox-like gaming device with a multimedia component that would play video and audio. This would mean that in one fell swoop, Microsoft would have a competitor to the PSP, Nintendo DS, and the Apple iPod.
The device would likely make heavy use of Microsoft's upcoming content service, currently code-named 'Alexandria.' Although sources have provided little in the way of exactly what the application would do, it has been described as a Microsoft version of Apple's iTunes.
Either way, Microsoft has assembled quite the team to work on the project, including some high profile talent from the Xbox 360 team. According to the San Jose Mercury article, J. Allard is heading the project, with Xbox 360 system designer Greg Gibson as director. Xbox financial executive Bryan Lee will handle the business side of the project."

SMS.J2ME.RedBrowser.a, the Virus Which Infects Any Phone Able to RunJava (J2ME) Applications - Softpedia

SMS.J2ME.RedBrowser.a, the Virus Which Infects Any Phone Able to RunJava (J2ME) Applications - Softpedia: "After the first worm able to 'leap' from a desktop computer to a wireless device that runs the Windows Mobile OS, a new threat is now targeting mobile phones.

Kaspersky announced the trojan SMS.J2ME.RedBrowser.a, the first malicious cod that attacks not only smartphones, but every mobile device able to run Java (J2ME) applications.
'The important thing about this Trojan is that it can get to any device that runs J2ME,' said Shane Coursen, a Kaspersky senior technical analyst. A good portion of cell phones use Java for games, and some of their other programs,' Shane Coursen, a Kaspersky senior technical analyst, was quoted as saying by InformationWeek.
The Trojan spreads in the guise of a program called 'RedBrowser', which allegedly enables the user to visit WAP sites without using a WAP connection.

In fact, the Trojan only sends SMSs to premium rate numbers. The user is charged $5 - $6 per SMS. "