Creative Algorithms announced the latest release of their OptiSize software for the Palm OS, an electronic version of a Photo-Mechanical Transfer whiz-wheel. This program is a calculator for resizing, scaling and reproducing photographs, images, documents, or any two-dimensional object.

This has got to be the dumbest device we’ve ever seen. For those light-at-heart and animal lovers out there, Solid Alliance (Japan) has released a new i-Duck USB Memory Storage device. The i-Duck uses a USB 1.1 interface and has a maximum storage capacity of 256MB. When plugged into your computer’s USB port, the i-Duck will light up. Six different colors are available: pink, yellow, blue. Tangerine, Army, and Heart. A Six color set is also available.

NS BASIC Corporation has announced the results of the Fifth NS Basic for Palm Programming Contest.

TikiMac announced today that it is now shipping its LavaWire, Lava USB, and its line of premium data cables in volume. The colorful cables have low-power, colored LEDs that indicate if a data port is working properly and helps locate specific cables in dark areas. LavaWire and Lava USB cables come in a variety of colors including red, while, blue, orange, green, and purple.

Executive Planet announced the release of Executive Planet for Palm OS, the first international business culture and etiquette guide for Palm Powered handhelds.

According to one industry observer, it isn’t the airlines that have a problem with cell phone use on planes; it’s the wireless carriers. In the air, a cell phone attempts to connect to a carrier’s network using hundreds of different cell towers on the ground, making it more difficult for service providers to manage their networks.

According to the latest speculations and rumors, palmOne will unveil the new Zire 72 and Zire 31 handheld computers on April 28. Although there is almost a week till the official announcement, the PDAs can already be preordered from a US online store.

Are we putting too much faith in the CD-R? An investigation by a Dutch personal computer magazine, PC Active, has shown that some CD-Rs are unreadable in as little as two years, because the dyes in the CD’s recording layer fade.

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) extortion is growing as an Internet crime, making mitigation against such attacks almost mandatory.

Motorola has inked a licensing deal with Research In Motion, giving the phone maker the option to enable specific handsets to connect to BlackBerry services, such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Web Client.