WindowsForDevices.com http://www.windowsfordevices.com All About Windows-powered Devices en-us Bsquare reports income up 57 percent Windows Embedded software specialist Bsquare has posted some encouraging financial data. The first quarter of 2008 became the company's tenth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth, sixth straight profitable quarter, and sixth consecutive increase in cash and investments, according to today's reports. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS5880212406.html ARM-based controller has StackableUSB expansion Micro/sys has announced the first single-board computer (SBC) combining its StackableUSB expansion bus with an ARM-based XScale processor. Intended as an industrial controller or protocol converter, the RCB1626 runs Windows CE, has dual 10/100 Ethernet ports, and operates from -40 to 85 degC, the company says. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS2090538163.html Microsoft unveils Windows Embedded Standard launch plans Microsoft will launch a downloadable "customer technology preview" of a next-generation embedded OS on Jun. 2, it announced. Formerly known as Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded Standard 2008 boasts updated Internet Explorer and RDP (remote desktop protocol) packages, among other touted improvements, Microsoft said. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3503347033.html New Palms on horizon? According to TamsPPC -- the PocketPC Blog, Palm is rallying software partners for a Q3 launch of two new smartphones. The blog reported an insider tip on two Palm smartphones code-named "Zeppelin" and "Skywriter," which have been rumored to run Windows Mobile and/or Linux. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3623452794.html Yahoo! aims web services at mobile phones Yahoo! is beta-testing a new build of its free "Go" application, aimed at letting people access its suite of online services from their Windows Mobile phones. Yahoo! Go 3.0 integrates Yahoo! email, photos, maps, stock quotes, and more, and is extensible via third-party widgets. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS5064769796.html