Wired.com reports the handheld war is heating up, and this time the battleground is wireless Internet access.

Fictionwise.com announced that “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress, the Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella, is the Web site

PalmStation has a posting saying MatchBook Products announced that it will begin immediate production of the MatchBookDrive Adapter, a commercial adapter designed to allow the use of Compact Flash memory cards in the Handspring Visor.

An article at eBookNet.com surveys electronic book hardware and compares these to Palm handhelds powered by software such as Qvadis Express Reader and to Pocket PCs with Microsoft Reader.

allNetDevices reports PETsMART.com, a pet supply retailer, claims it received good results advertising via wireless phones. The company sent coupons to customers who opted to receive the service.

Planet IT has an article with a survey of solutions available for large companies that want to equip field staff with mobile devices to improve their productivity. The article asks the question, “Will end-user corporations embrace wireless access to back-end systems?”

Wireless NewsFactor has an article on Handspring’s agreement to acquire Bluelark Systems, Inc., developers of a Palm OS-based Web browser and proxy server system.

CNET News.com has an article on the plans of Palm and Delphi Automotive Systems to show off the Communiport Mobile Productivity Center, which is designed to allow drivers to use voice commands to retrieve information from their Palm V or Palm Vx handhelds and then make calls via certain Ericsson cell phones.

DDH Software has selected five finalists in its contest seeking the best custom-designed applets for its HanDBase database application for Palm OS handheld computers. Now that the judges have spoken, it’s up to the voting public to choose the winner of the $1,000 grand prize. In commemoration of the 2000 US Presidential Election, voters will use the controversial Butterfly Ballot to submit their votes at the HanDBase Web site.

CNET News.com has an article on Palm’s official launch of a test version of its MyPalm portal.