Palm announced the new Palm m125 Grad Pack. This limited-edition handheld bundle from Palm, Inc. includes a Palm m125 handheld, a USB HotSync cable, and an expansion card titled “Shortcuts to Success” that features productivity tools, games, and Charles Webb’s novel “The Graduate” in ebook format. The Palm m125 Grad Pack retails for $199 (estimated U.S. street price) and is available in the United States at Best Buy stores across the country, Follet college campus bookstores, and Staples stores in the northeast. In addition, customers who purchase a Palm m125 or m130 handheld from any retail store or from The Palm Store by June 30, 2002, can mail in a coupon to receive the Shortcuts to Success expansion card free.

NOVASIB, LLC released new Silkyboard keyboards for Sony Clie T615 and Palm i705 devices. Silkyboard is designed to make text input easy, more efficient, and accurate.

CNET News.com reports about 20 academics, business executives, and members of government agencies begin meeting Monday behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., to discuss their concerns about wireless security.

CNET News.com reports Handspring announced that its chief financial officer will resign by the end of the company’s fiscal year. According to the article, Bernard J. Whitney will leave his post as CFO on July 1 to spend more time with his family.

CNET News.com has video of Palm interim CEO Eric Benhamou sitting down with CNET Radio’s Brian Cooley, News.com’s Ian Fried, and ZDNet’s Dan Farber to talk about management changes, competition with Microsoft, and handheld innovation.

Landware announced Wine Enthusiast Guide Spring 2002 Edition is now available. The Spring 2002 Edition of the Wine Enthusiast Guide, free to all registered owners of the Wine Enthusiast Guide 2002, contains over 3,500 wines added to the Buying Guide since Winter 2002 and includes all wine reviews up to the May 2002 issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine.

TomTom has released TomTom GPS. The TomTom GPS functions as a navigator, showing your exact location on the map, allowing you to monitor your progress on route, and see how much time and distance you have left to your destination.

Palm Boulevard reports MedStrong International has developed the software interface necessary to allow for wireless access to its online medical records system. According to the article, MedStrong said its product, Patient Data Quickly (PDQ), is a password protected, secure database that allows for online access to an individual’s medical records.

Palm, Inc. announced that its board of directors has named Todd Bradley as president, Palm Solutions Group. He retains his role as the group’s chief operating officer. As head of the Solutions Group, Bradley is in charge of the company’s handheld computer hardware; software, such as enterprise email software; and add-ons, such as keyboards and SD Card and MultiMediaCard expansion cards. The group targets consumers, mobile professionals, and enterprises.

Palm Infocenter has a first look review of the Sony PEG-NR70V. The NR70V is a clamshell model that has a 320 by 480 screen with a virtual Graffiti area. It has a built-in keyboard, digital camera, and MP3 player. It has 16 MB of RAM and is the first Palm OS device to use a 66 MHz processor. It’s priced at $600.