I did not manage to go to the Monza Rally last year and it looks like I cannot go to watch Valentino in action this weekend either at the 2006 Monza Rally: It should be great fun though. Valentino Rossi just finished 11th in the New Zealand Rally with a one year old privately owned car. Impressive considering he has only driven one other rally before, the 2002 UK rally – which lasted just a few corners before he crashed out. With a cautious start he was only 28th after the first races but quickly mastered the car to finish in 11th place. Video from 2005

I went to EICMA 2006 yesterday with some friends and had a great time. The automatic ticketing system worked like a charm. Just hold the printed bar code in front of one of the many kiosks and it writes the personal ticket on the spot. I forgot to mention their Pocket PC application in my previous post; it downloads the entire catalog and map of all the stands offline. The only thing missing was a Bluetooth or wifi system that could be used for finding out where you were. = Bikes =There were loads of beautiful bikes. Too many to mention here. My favorites were two new Aprilias. Aprilia 750 ShiverI really like the looks of the bike and it is comfortable even for someone ...

NetFront 3.3 won the Pocket PC Magazine 2006 award in the Browsers and Web Utilities category. It is no wonder considering the impressive feature list: Smart Frame Operation Web Data/Password Manager Pop-up blocker RSS and Atom Feed compatibility Page translation NetFront SMIL and SVG Player Auto-Cruise function Runs external applications Internet Search bar Smart-Fit Rendering with multiple browse modes (Full, Text, Simple, Rapid-Render). Virtual Canvas for rendering on virtual screen sizes. Multi-window function (tab browser) Java JV-Lite2, Macromedia Flash

I recently started synchronizing all my devices (Pocket PC and mobile phones) with Microsoft Outlook. The good news is that I finally have all my contacts everywhere. The bad news is that I got tons of duplicate contacts as some contacts had the phone number while others had the e-mail. I was about to write my own "merge tool" when I found the free Contacts Scrubber™ for Outlook via Slipstick The free version can merge up to 1.000 contacts. The registered version has several neat features: Ability to process an unlimited number of items Ability to create user-defined duplicate definitions Auto-processing: scrub duplicates without user intervention Ability ...

The glofiish X500 promises to be the world's thinnest Pocket PC Phone, GPS and Wi-Fi All-in-one device: The x500 has a 400Mhz which should make it less sluggish than other entries in the ultra compact Pocket PC Phone edition marked. Main features: Windows Mobile 5.0™ software for Pocket PCs GSM/EDGE Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS/EGPRS Class B, Multi-slot Class 10 240 x 320, 65,536 colors TFT-LCD Built-in 2.0 mega pixels digital camera with flash light 4x digital zoom Video recording Built-in Bluetooth® v2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Built-in Micro SD card slot for expansion memory and peripherals Messaging functionality includes ...

I really enjoyed the exhibition last year so I am going to the 64th International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milano this weekend. The ticket queues were not bad last time but why risk when you can buy the tickets online. Like last year there will be many races and exhibitions in the outdoor "MotoLive" area: More info: Tickets: Full price € 16,00 – Concessions € 10,00 Evening ticket – Friday 17th from 6.00 p.m. onwards - € 10,00 (Free entry for women on Friday 17th) Go by motorcycle as the parking is free or take the underground. Car parking costs almost as much as the ticket (€ 14.10 for one day and € 9.90 for half a day)