PowerByHand has started a handheld software sale and contest across all its sites, including eReader.com, PalmGear.com, and PocketGear.com. The sites are offering daily specials, product giveaways, and drawings that include a grand prize trip for two on an Eastern Caribbean cruise.

After Sony announced they were going to suspend their conventional PDA business, they have now closed off the Clie Developer Support Site registration to new members.

LaCie expands its Extreme line of external hard drives with the Bigger Disk Extreme: up to 1.6 terabytes of storage with the fastest speeds on the market, available worldwide summer 2004. The Bigger Disk Extreme performs up to 50 percent faster than first-generation FireWire 800 drives, pairing ultimate capacity and throughput to accommodate the editing needs of video and audio professionals.

iAnywhere Solutions announced XcelleNet Afaria Security Manager for Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. This latest release establishes Afaria as the only solution that addresses security and device management for Smartphones, handheld devices, laptop computers and tablet PCs from a single console.

GameBox Solitaire, PDAMill’s card game pack for Pocket PC and Windows PC has been updated to version 1.2. Changes include new hint feature to help you learn the games faster, smaller bugs fixed in Chinese and Freecell, and improved card movements and game rules.

Evolution Robotics, a leading provider of next-generation robotics technologies and component solutions, announced the availability of ERSP 3.0 for Windows 2000 and XP. After the successful launch of ERSP 3.0 for Linux, Evolution Robotics is expanding its product offering to the Microsoft platform, enabling a growing number of customers to implement the company’s SDK for the development of robots and robotic products.

A reliable source has shared with TreoCentral information that says the launch schedule for the Verizon Treo 600 will begin today, July 12th, with the launch of the silver Verizon branded Treo 600 in their business channels. One week later, on July 19th, the Verizon Treo 600 will be launched nationwide to consumers online.

The configuration change Microsoft announced Friday fails to fix the browser’s core problem and may actually interfere with programs that have worked fine to date, critics say.

Amazon.com will begin taking orders for Portable Media Centers, a new line of portable devices for listening to music and viewing video content.

Developers at the open-source Mozilla Foundation have confirmed that the latest version of their Web browsers have a security flaw that could allow attackers to run existing programs on the Windows XP operating system. The flaw, known as the “shell” exploit, was publicized Wednesday on a security mailing list, along with a link to a fix for the problem. Updated versions of the affected software programs, which include the Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird browsers, have been released.