Internet.com Asia reports that Thin Multimedia has launched a new mobile video Download & Store service with the help of South Korea-based SK Telecom specifically designed for their Palm-based wireless network. Subscribers will be able to tap into content such as movie trailers, music videos, and animation.

Good Technology announced that Handspring and Cingular will support its newly released GoodLink 2.0 real-time synchronized system designed to work with enterprise platforms like Microsoft Exchange. According to InternetNews.com, Handspring will use GoodLink 2.0 will work on Handspring Treo 600.

This has to be one of the funniest things I ever saw. As always, when I’m amused, some folks are likely to be offended, but, again, as always, that doesn’t seem to make much difference. It’s really funny. — DG

The Washington Post has a fascinating story on the relationship between academic freedom and security, infrastructure and freely available information. It’s a Computing Unplugged story because of what would happen if any of this was unplugged.

PC World has this article about Palm’s recent acquisition of Handspring. The article says that some industry experts question what impact the buyout will have on the company and the industry in the long run.

McDonald’s continued its quest for providing wireless Internet access and took the wrapping off of its latest batch of hotspots in the San Francisco Bay area. The fast food chain has been offering wireless Web access at 10 restaurants in New York City, is expanding the pilot program to dozens more restaurants in the Bay Area.

Check out the blog of Groove Networks’ CEO Ray Ozzie. He wrote an interesting article on extreme mobility – why the mobile market is growing, where it will lead, what it will be like to build applications for the mobile world. Really interesting read.

eWeek takes a look at the iPaq H5550, which began shipping last month with the launch of Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2003 software. The software manages configuration tasks for 802.11b and Bluetooth, provides IP Security/Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol virtual private network support.

Flexible Innovations Limited has launched eGrips, a product designed to stop PDAs and other mobile devices from sliding and slipping on virtually any surface or out of your hand. For $9.95 consumers can choose from a variety of designs and colors of an aggressive rubber-like material custom cut to the shape of each cell phone, MP3 Player, etc.

Datastick Systems, Inc. and Oceana Sensor Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of OEM vibration sensors and smart, wireless sensing systems for machinery health monitoring, have developed a software interface exclusively for Oceana, which utilizes the Palm OS Bluetooth extensions for communication with Oceana Sensor’s Wireless e-Diagnostics System Products. As a result of the software interface both companies announce an addition to the Datastick Connection suite of software products, Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM is the first software to display FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) spectra on Bluetooth enabled Palm handhelds.