The whistleblowers: a quite impressive story.

The whistleblowers: a quite impressive story.

Gary Ankney at edupalm.org has called our attention to a new Web site designed to help users find free ebooks. In PDA Librarian, High School media specialist Jill Thompson presents classified lists of recommended books linked to download and install to a PDA, and all free. She also links to help in getting a reader, and the process of downloading and installing books.

Paragon Software (SHDD) announced the localization technology of new Palm OS 5.0 and releasesd first software localizations of new Palm OS 5.0 devices into main European languages: Czech, Greek, Polish, Russian and others. By default Palm OS doesn

Palm, Inc. reported revenues of $265 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2003, ended November 29, 2002, down 9 percent from the $291 million reported during the comparable quarter a year ago, and up 54 percent from the first quarter of fiscal 2003. Pro forma net income in the second quarter–which excludes the effects of amortization of intangible assets, separation costs, and restructuring charges–totaled $5.7 million, or $0.19 per share. This compares to a pro forma net loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2002 of $36.6 million, or $1.29 per share, which excluded the effects of the reduction in special excess inventory costs, amortization of intangible assets, and restructuring charges. Pro forma net loss in the first quarter of fiscal year 2003 was $36.4 million, or $1.26 per share, which excluded the effects of the change in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, amortization of intangible assets, separation costs, and restructuring charges. All earnings-per-share figures have been adjusted for the 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective October 15, 2002.

Palm Solutions Group said it has sold more than 20 million handhelds to consumers, mobile professionals, and businesses around the world. Spurred by the sales of its two new products, the Palm Zire and Tungsten T handhelds, Palm branded devices continue to be the world’s most popular handhelds.

Pocket PC Films and SoftWide announced they have teamed up to distribute Pocket PC Films

A new enhanced wireless service delivering live video traffic updates and travel times information on mobile phones and PDAs was announced today by ATSONIC LLC, a Chicago software company. It’s designed to provide commuters and travelers the most accurate information about traffic and road conditions directly on the screen of their wireless devices.

OK, so we know it annoys the stuffing out of some of you when we post political commentary on our technical news pages, but there are some things we can’t resist (and if you’ve been reading us for long enough, you know we have incredibly poor impulse control). This was dropped into our email boxes and we just had to share it with you. No idea who the author is, but it’s just too good to leave alone.

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT, BOMB IRAQ
(Melody: “If You’re Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands”)

So here’s one for dear old daddy, bomb Iraq,
From his favorite little laddy, bomb Iraq.
Saying no would look like treason.
It’s the Hussein hunting season.
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.

Metrowerks has signed an agreement to acquire the key assets of Embedix Inc., a provider of Linux tools and solutions. As part of the acquisition, Metrowerks will retain a significant portion of the global Embedix team, including key management, engineering, marketing, and sales personnel. The acquisition of assets from Embedix and the addition of the Embedix team will enable Metrowerks to provide Linux OS-based development tools and platforms for creating applications for PDAs, smart handheld devices, residential gateways, and digital TVs.