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Some of our older readers might remember my 2007 review of the UsedHandhelds.com “The Great Handheld PC Software & Resource CD 2007”.

At the time of the review, the resource CD cost $99.90 USD (£77.50 GBP), which represented good value for the software that was included. Back in 2007, this was... Continue Reading »

We reported yesterday on news that independent developer Yaroslav Kibysh's had created a Windows CE Compatibility Layer which allows Windows CE applications to be executed natively on Windows 10.

Thanks to a tip in a post on BetaArchive from forum member AlphaBeta, it seems that Microsoft themselves are getting... Continue Reading »

Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought "you know what, I'd like to run Windows CE apps on my PC"?

Yaroslav Kibysh (aka feel-the-dz3n) has!

Yaroslav has created a modification process which creates an interpreter stub file that will sit between your Windows CE executable and the Windows NT... Continue Reading »

2019 is nearly upon us and as you know the admin team here at HPC:Factor are never ones to shy away from tackling the controversial questions, and this time we wanted to know something sure to kick up some debate.

So hit 'home' and head to the new HPC:Factor homepage poll... Continue Reading »

In a milestone more significant for our American visitors, that some other parts of the world. Windows CE has turned 21 this week. Originally debuting at the 1996 Computer Dealers' Exhibition (Comdex) in Las Vegas. Microsoft played with the formula through the Handheld PC, Palm-size PC, Pocket PC, Smartphone and... Continue Reading »

nPOPuk, a highly successful branch of the popular nPOP POP3/SMTP email client has been updated. Last updated in March 2014, the November 2017 version 3.04 release is available for Windows CE 2.0, 2.11, and 3.0 / HPC2000 as well as newer CE 4.0 through 7.0 clients.

The update includes SSL fixes... Continue Reading »