iVoice.com, Inc. announced it has filed a patent application for the iVoice Speech Enabled Name Dialer with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The Name Dialer is designed to enhance personal information managers and contact managers with the addition of speech recognition technology.

Brightpod and AvantGo announced that Brightpod has integrated the AvantGo Enterprise product suite into its applications service provider platform. The companies will co-market the Brightpod offering through joint promotional activities and collaborative sales efforts.

CyberMetrics and Tescina have entered a joint agreement to sell DataGet hardware with the GAGEtrak PDA. According to the press release, integrating DataGet hardware with the existing GAGEtrak PDA software will allow customers to save time tracking gauges.

The New York Times has an article on viruses written for Palm devices and the companies trying to create software to defend against the attacks.

ZDNet has an article on how well sales of handheld devices are doing. According to the article, revenues hit $1.03 billion in 2000, more than twice the $436.5 million sold in 1999.

Fictionwise.com announced that it has signed author Larry Niven, acquiring ebook rights to seventeen of his most recognized short fiction. The stories include all four of the author

Click10 has an article on how doctors and nurses are using Palm devices to make their jobs easier.

CNET News.com has an article on Palm’s announcement that it has taken a stake in ePhysician, a start-up that allows doctors to use handheld computers to send prescriptions to pharmacies

AvantGo announced that CLSA, the emerging markets arm of Credit Lyonnais, will use a combined mobile intranet and extranet solution to deliver investment news and reports to clients around the world.

Revolve Design announced the launch of RoadWriter, designed to allow users to turn their Palm handheld into a mobile office/communications solution.