Thanks to TealPoint, you can help Florida select the next President. You don’t have to leave the outcome of the election to the wall-eyed hand-counters. Instead, use your Palm device to tabulate the results in each of the Florida counties and get an instant reaction from the candidates. The Florida Voting Tabulator is a free download.

Planet IT has an article on Palm’s Mobile Internet Kit as well as the roll out Palm’s new operating system.

infoSync has an article on Paragon Software’s latest version of the handwriting recognition suite PenReader which supports a total of 28 languages. According to the article, versions of the PenReader suite will be available for the Palm OS and EPOC/Psion users by the end of this year.

Day-Timers, Inc. and Palm, Inc. announced an agreement to sell Palm products bundled with Day-Timer products. Under the terms of the agreement between Palm and ACCO North America, Palm will provide Day-Timers with Palm m100 handhelds that will be combined with Day-Timer paper and software products in an easy-to-use, value-priced DTO Bundle for the consumer. The bundle is available immediately through Target Superstores nationwide, or the Day-Timer catalog.

NextBus Information Systems, Inc. announced it has been awarded an Honorable Mention for Best Use of WAP in a Consumer Application at the first ever WAP Awards in Seville, Spain. NextBus provides real-time transit arrival information to passengers of public transit. Riders can access NextBus information wirelessly that will tell them when the next vehicle will arrive at their chosen stop.

InfoWorld has an article on Computer Associates’ anti-virus program, InoculateIT for the Palm OS. According to the article, InoculateIT works on handheld computers running Palm OS Version 3.0 or later.

The Register reports Microsoft’s Pocket PC platform is catching up with Palm, according to the market research company IDC. According to the article, this is particularly true in the corporate arena.

CNET News.com reports that the legal battle between Palm–which has just announced its MyPalm portal site–and the owner of the domain name Mypalm.com has ended peacefully. According to the article, “Hulewicz said he is now close to a deal in which he gets to keep his prized email address, while traffic to the MyPalm.com site will be sent to Palm’s Web site.”

CompanionLink Software, Inc. announced the introduction of its latest product for the handheld computing market. The CompanionLink PDA Starter Kit will bundle CompanionLink Screen Protectors, CompanionLink PDA cleaning Kits, three CompanionLink TrueTip styli, and an Incipio Nylon Carrying Case.

The New York Times has an article on wearable computers. As the article says, “Computers and their peripherals appear to be poised to leave desktop and palmtop for unlikely spots like shirts, neckties and bras.”