CNET News.com reports Palm and Hewlett-Packard’s VeriFone division said they will develop wireless payment technology for handheld computers, with an eye toward tapping into the growing wireless commerce market.

CNET News.com has an article on how Palm executives are stressing to stockholders that the company’s future is in licensing its operating system and offering Internet content and services, as well as in selling products.

iambic Software has released in beta desktop management tools for iambic Reader, its document reader for Palm OS devices. The iambic Reader Desktop Tools can automatically convert Microsoft Word, text files, and Web pages into a readable format for Palm OS devices and synchronize them directly from the PC to the handheld device.

Aportis Technologies Corp. and Coola Inc. announced a joint partnership, which will allow users visiting Coola-enabled Web sites to have information from the page automatically converted so they may be viewed on any Palm handheld with AportisDoc Mobile Edition or other Doc readers.

ThinAirApps, Inc. announced that it has appointed Christopher Eliopulos as General Counsel and Vice President of Business Affairs. Eliopulos will be responsible for managing all legal affairs of the company while assisting in developing and negotiating major business alliances, joint venture, and investment transactions.

Eastman Kodak Company has introduced a new model of its Kodak PalmPix Camera that turns the Palm m100 handheld into a digital camera.

Jesse Berst at ZDNet continues his Jesse Jetson series with a look at Audrey, 3Com’s new Internet appliance.

YadaYada Inc. announced the first shipment of the Minstrel S optimized wireless modem for the Handspring Visor.

InfoWorld also has an article on IBM and Palm’s agreement to work on developing a wider range of business applications for devices using the Palm operating system.

CNET News.com has an article on new software from IBM called Swap that lets users of Palm handheld computers control their servers wirelessly. The software is an upgrade to the Snapp software IBM released in January.