Colligo Networks, Inc., a provider of collaboration software for mobile workers, announced that Palm, Inc. has licensed Colligo’s Portable Collaborative Networking (PCN) applications to bring a new type of Bluetooth short-range wireless solution to business professionals. The software applications enable fast and easy information exchange among Palm handhelds equipped with the Palm Bluetooth Card. BlueChat, a private messaging and chat application, and BlueBoard, a portable whiteboard that allows users to share images in real time, will ship with the Palm Bluetooth Card.

A number of our readers (and friends) have passed along this interesting fact: At 8:02pm tonight, the time/date will form the string of numbers 2002 2002 2002. If you take the time as 20:02, the date as 20/02, and the year as 2002, you get the coolest date string possible

Palm, Inc. and CRF Box Inc. announced that CRF Box will acquire approximately 9,600 Palm m125 and m500 handheld computers and SD Cards over the course of this calendar year. The Palm handhelds will be a key component of CRF Box’s new versatile front-end solution for testing and evaluating new therapeutics in clinical trials.

Netseal is introducing its new MPN 3.0 mobile private network software at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Netseal

A number of our readers (and friends) have passed along this interesting fact: At 8:02pm tonight, the time/date will form the string of numbers 2002 2002 2002. If you take the time as 20:02, the date as 20/02, and the year as 2002, you get the coolest date string possible

At the PalmSource Conference & Expo, Handheld Computing Magazine announced that iambic Mail had won the Best Email Client for Palm OS software 2001. iambic Mail, used in conjunction with your Palm OS handheld and a Palm Modem, or with a wireless/Internet-enabled Palm handheld, lets you download, read, and respond to emails directly to and from your handheld device.

PalmInfocenter has a review of Blazer 2.0, a Web browser for the Palm OS. It offers support for color graphics, personalization, bookmarks, and strong security. It supports all major existing standards, optimizing HTML, WAP, and cHTML content for viewing on a handheld display.

PalmInfocenter reports AvantGo will limit the number of subscribers to custom channels to just eight people for each channel. According to the article, regular channels won’t be affected.

Palm Boulevard reports Sony has began selling refurbished versions of two of their discontinued models from the Sony Style Web site. The models which are currently available are the S320 and N610C.

LetterWise, a predictive text solution from Eatoni Ergonomics, is now available in about 120 languages.