According to palmgear.com, Qvadis, the makers of Express Reader, have picked Alan Dean Foster’s “The Man Who Used the Universe” as the Palm eBook-of-the-Month fiction selection for September 2001. Foster is known for writing the novel versions of Star Wars, Alien, and the movies’ sequels, as well as the story for the first Star Trek movie.

“The Man Who Used the Universe” is one of his most popular original novels, now released as an ebook. In it, Foster creates the complex Kees vaan Loo-Macklin, and pits his ambitions against the existing order of the known universe.

PocketGoddess.com has an interview with Glenn Bachmann and Dan Reuvers of Bachmann Software. Jen Edwards, the PocketGoddess and an author for PalmPower Magazine, conducted the interview to learn more about the company and its products, PrintBoy and FilePoint.

Yahoo has an article stating that technicians have confirmed dozens of wireless signals that have originated from the wreckage of the World Trade Center since Tuesday’s attack.

“We do have 50-plus open cases where we have had signals detected at ground zero since the attack,” said Kark Rauscher, who is heading up a coalition of wireless companies helping look for survivors.

“We realize that we may be the only hope that some people have, so we’re going to do everything we can,” Rauscher said on Saturday. Rauscher is Lucent Technologies Inc.’s director of system reliability.

In one case, two people apparently trapped together in the wreckage have placed separate calls, possibly with separate phones, although they have not been heard from for at least the past day, he said.

Forbes.com says that today may be the most important day in the history of Wall Street. Normally, stock exchanges are significant because they facilitate the formation of capital. But their day-to-day gyrations, except for short-term speculation, are of largely symbolic consequence.

Today, symbolism is vitally important. If the markets show faith and rise up in the face of adversity, it will mean an important psychological boost to the nation, New York City, and the economy. History suggests it will happen.

We know that many of our readers are looking for ways to show their patriotism. To this end, geek.com has information on two programs that allow you to display a picture of the US flag on your Palm handheld. These products are Pocket Flag from DorCino Interactive and TealPoint’s TealFlag, which requires a system extensions manager like Hackmaster, X-Master, or TealMaster. Both programs are free and for the Palm OS.

Technology companies stepped into disaster relief efforts following Tuesday’s tragic events in New York and Washington, D.C, reports CNET News.com. The site provides a partial list of contributors.

According to CNET News.com, employees from technology companies Cisco Systems, Oracle, Applied Materials, Compaq Computer, Akamai Technologies, Metrocall, MRV Communications, Netegrity, eLogic, Raytheon Company, Sun Microsystems, NextWave Telecom, BEA Systems, and 3Com were among those on the four planes hijacked Tuesday.

Palm Boulevard reports that Sony has posted a statement on their Japanese Web site that mentions an OS 4 upgrade for the N700C. The statement is on the Japanese Web site so there is no mention of an upgrade for the Sony N7100C. The biggest advantage that will come with an OS 4 upgrade is 16-bit color. The hardware built into the N series is designed to be capable of 16-bit color, but Palm OS 3.5 has a limitation of 8-bit color. The upgrade is expected to be released before the end of the year and will cost 10000 yen ($82).

According to Palm Boulevard, Sony has recently announced that they will be releasing a Palm OS 4.X upgrade for the Sony Clie N700C. In addition to the upgrade, Sony will also be releasing a new device model number N750C. The N750C appears to be a N700C that ships with OS 4.x.

The N750C is going to be produced for the Japanese market. There is no word yet if there will be a comparable device for the US market. The Web site makes some mention of a September 22 ship date, but there is no mention of cost.

On Monday, Handspring plans to announce two new handhelds, one of which features 16MB of built-in memory, according to CNET News.com.