Infinity Softworks announced its powerOne Finance and powerOne Graph 3.0 software for Palm operating system devices are gaining increased acceptance among professionals and students who perform all kinds of calculations. During the first six weeks since its availability, Infinity Softworks officials reported over 16,000 worksheets have been downloaded for use with the application in Palm, Sony, Handspring, Kyocera, Handera, and other Palm OS-based handheld computers.

The SCOTT eVEST will be featured at the fashion show at CES this year. In addition to many attendees and members of the media, teams from Microsoft, intel, and techtv–including the judges–will be wearing the SCOTT eVEST at CES. The SCOTT eVEST uses Technology Enabled Clothing’s tPersonal Area Network (PAN) conduit system, which allows easy connections from cell phones to hands-free headsets, MP3/CD players to headphones, and handheld devices to each other.

Rebecca Scott, Playboy Bunny and former Miss August 99, has joined SCOTT eVEST LLC as their official spokesperson.

PalmGear.com is introducing a feature on its site that will allow visitors to find a Palm OS developer for custom software development. MobileCoders.com powers the new locator.

AvantGo, Inc. announced it will ring in the New Year with over 4.5 million registered users of its AvantGo mobile Internet service.

Palm Infocenter reports Toshiba has released an SD Bluetooth Card in Japan. According to the article, it’s the Bluetooth card that Palm Inc. has been demonstrating for several months.

CNET News.com reports Be Incorporated Chief Executive Jean-Louis Gassee has resigned and will be replaced by the software company’s lead attorney as the board of directors ponders a potential antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. In August, Be agreed to sell its technology assets and intellectual property to Palm for $11 million in stock.

Palm Infocenter has a review of the HotLink USB Cable which can both charge and HotSync a Palm m500 or m505 and HotSync an m125 on any computer with a USB port, Windows or Mac.

Palm Infocenter has a write-up on a NY Times interview in which Palm’s Chairman and temporary CEO Eric Benhamou gave an updated timetable for Palm’s plans for new hardware releases this year.

Palm, Inc. named its best-selling ebooks for 2001. Palm Digital Media sold almost 180,000 ebooks this year, up more than 40 percent from last year, and nearly doubled its revenue.

CNET News.com reports Palm announced the availability of a beta, or trial, version of Palm Desktop software 4.0 for the Mac. According to the article, the new version is Palm’s first created for Apple Computer’s Mac OS X.