Mainstreaming of palmOne handhelds

When Revolution Studios’ “Little Black Book” hits movie theaters nationwide on Aug. 6, palmOne will make its first major onscreen film debut. This movie signals a major shift in mainstream market adoption and cultural perceptions about handhelds — moving from business tools and consumer convenience to an established place in popular culture.

Posted on: August 5, 2004 9:00 am

Infuzer’s Olympic connection

Infuzer launched a service to allow users of Outlook, Palm Desktop and Lotus Notes to receive complete Olympic Event Coverage of the 2004 Summer Games to their PC or PDA calendar. Users can select which specific Olympic events they want to follow, along with daily summaries and all scheduled competitions and classes for those events will be imported to their PC or PDA calendar.

Posted on: August 5, 2004 9:00 am

TealDoc wins Best Program

The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation announced the winners of the thirteenth annual Shareware Industry Awards during a gala awards banquet held in New York as part of the fourteenth annual Shareware Industry Conference. The coveted Best Program or Utility for PDAs award was won by TealDoc, TealPoint Software’s popular document reader and editor.

Posted on: August 5, 2004 9:00 am

The paperless hospital

Like a handful of others nationwide, Indiana Heart Hospital has traded its once scattered medical charts, file folders, X-rays and other documents for a unified electronic records system accessible with a few keystrokes. Federal officials who are trying to convince more hospital executives to go “paperless” say electronic records can make hospitals more efficient, reduce medical errors and lower health-care costs.

Posted on: August 5, 2004 9:00 am

fun4palm Toolbar

fun communications offers the free fun4palm Toolbar. The toolbar gives direct access to all the most important web sites about the Palm OS Organizer, and is displayed as an extra toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am

GameBox Gems for Palm

PDAmill has released GameBox Gems for Palm OS. GameBox Gems is a collection of eight highly addictive puzzle games to keep your mind stimulated and your stylus tapping. A bug fix for the Pocket PC version has also been released.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am

Mozilla puts bounty on bugs

A string of high-profile flaws in browser software prompted the Mozilla Foundation to announce on Monday that it would offer $500 for every serious bug found by security researchers.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am

A lesson in Emily Post

St. Petersburg police records detail the weekend encounter of one officer with a couple preparing to enjoy a screening of Catwoman, wherein officers asked the couple to cease a cellular phone conversation during the opening credits. “Suspects got hostile and were pepper sprayed,” the report continues, noting that the couple were taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am

palmOne Persona

palmOne introduced palmOne persona, a line of high-quality, fashionable and unique accessories for palmOne handhelds and smartphones. The new line, which will include cases, high-end styli and other fashionable carryalls, is making its debut with high-quality leather cases designed by Vaja exclusively for palmOne.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am

Wireless Traveler’s Kit

SMC Networks announced its newest offering for travelers and SOHO users, the EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Traveler’s Kit. Packing everything a traveler needs to convert a wired hotel broadband or visiting office connection for wireless connection in a convenient, easy-to-carry case, the new Traveler’s Kit includes a USB cable, a Cat5 Ethernet cable, a power cord and the industry’s first All-in-One networking device that can operate in any of five different modes.

Posted on: August 4, 2004 9:00 am