Do you have information scattered betweeen your Outlook calendar, smart phone, or handheld device? CNN has this story on a few companies that are building software to solve this problem.

devSoft Inc. has added a prize to the NS Basic/CE Programming Contest in a new category. The winner of the Best Net Program will get the complete IP*Works! Internet Toolkit – ActiveX Edition, all supported processors, worth $3,500.00 USD. Entrants must use the free tools from devSoft in The Big Red Toolbox to build their application with NS Basic/CE.The deadline for entries is midnight EST, February 14th, 2000.

We like to warn you of incidents of spamming by well-known companies. In this case, E*Trade, the online brokerage firm, spammed us with an offer to purchase a 400Mhz, 32MB Celeron machine with a rebate if we signed up to their service. As always, we don’t appreciate spamming and were especially disappointed that the PC E*Trade was promoting was so clearly last year’s configuration.

Our good friend Dave Winer is speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos. He’s got some great candid pictures of the event, including, unfortunately, pictures of the police, armed with machine guns.

Do you have information scattered betweeen your Outlook calendar, smart phone, or handheld device? CNN has this story on a few companies that are building software to solve this problem.

Thanks to reader John Bletsch for letting us know that there is now a free program available for download to Compuserve users that allows them access their Compuserve mail account from a Palm device equipped with the Palm modem. You have to be a Compuserve member to access the site.

Solvepoint Corporation announced that the Solvepoint Palmdock V is now available on pdamart. The Palmdock V enables your Palm V to use Palm III accessories, including the Go-Type keyboard and Palm III modem.

This story from News.com says that Palm Computing is trying to raise $368 million in its initial public offering, based on the high-end of its $14 to $16 price range and 23 million shares up for grabs.

eHow.com announced it will offer its complete archive of how-to solutions to wireless device users through AvantGo.com.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) and Symbol Technologies announced that Symbol will preinstall InoculateIT, CA’s anti-virus solution for Windows CE, in its handheld scanners.