Editors Steve Niles and Heather McDaniel will be on assignment at Microsoft’s Pocket PC launch tomorrow. News will resume on Thursday.

Here’s an item from Interactive Week about wireless services for the Pocket PC. The article says that Microsoft is expected to announce MSN Mobile for Pocket PC, with wireless Internet access services to be provided by Sprint PCS and possibly other providers at the Pocket PC launch on Wednesday.

The nice PR folks at OmniSky sent us some real live wire-cutters as a promotion (presumably because they have a wireless (wire-cutters, get it?) product. But since we’re very active users of wire-cutters (and wire strippers, and continuity testers and the like), this is one silly PR promotion we’re thrilled and honored to receive. And since we got a nice toy, go check out OmniSky to help justify more wacky promotional mailings to magazines. I do believe our long-standing “send us fresh homemade cookies and we’ll write about you” promise has just been trumped. But that’s only because we’re geeks about wires.

Thanks to our readers who sent in this item from News.com on Palm’s wireless future. The article says that Palm will market versions of the Palm III and the Palm V with built-in capabilities for wireless communications.

eXtend Computer & Instrument introduces FullCharge, a rechargeable NiMH battery and AC adapter to be used with Palm, Inc.

Think Outside announced availability of its full-size foldable keyboard for the Visor handheld computer by Handspring. Think Outside has signed an exclusive agreement with Targus Group International for worldwide distribution of the Stowaway keyboard for the Handspring Visor line.

Here’s an article from ZDNet, which reports that Microsoft engineers included a secret password in some of the company’s Internet software. The password could be used to gain access to Internet sites worldwide.

StoragePoint.com released its service permitting Web-based file transfers with Wireless Application Protocol-equipped (WAP) cell phones. The service lets StoragePoint users share folders or files. StoragePoint WebDrive supports WAP phones from Motorola, QUALCOMM, Sanyo, NeoPoint, and Samsung that are equipped with web browsers from Phone.com over the Sprint PCS Network or the ATT PocketNet service. StoragePoint WebDrive also supports wireless handheld computers from Palm with the Ericsson WAP browser installed.

Here’s a story from News.com on Microsoft’s Pocket PC, which will be released on Wednesday. The article says that Pocket PCs will have software including Microsoft Outlook, a version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, and software for playing music and reading books downloaded from the Internet.

Ansyr Technology Corporation announced the immediate availability of version 1.0 of Primer, a product that allows you to view and navigate PDF documents on a handheld computer.