BarPoint.com is giving away a barcode scanning Palm PDA from Symbol Technologies to one consumer a day until the Year 2000. Log on to the Barpoint.com Web site at and register to win.

Palm Computing was awarded the six millionth U.S. patent today in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The patent recognized Palm Computing’s HotSync technology.

Asia Biz Tech reports that Hewlett-Packard Japan will release a Windows CE-based palm-sized PC next year. HP Japan’s new model will be thinner and lighter in weight than the Jornada 430se.

Computer Reseller News has this article about why certain devices from Palm Computing and Handspring will be left out of the enterprise loop.

EHAND AB launched its newsletter EHAND Mobile News as a mobile internet WAP service.EHAND Mobile News covers the development handhelds, mobile Internet, and next-generation wireless communication networks.

Mobile Visions Software has released Mobile Slideshow for the Windows CE-based AutoPC. Mobile Slideshow is a utility for your AutoPC that allows you display multimedia slideshows after a period of idle time or on command. Images and sounds can be run from CD-ROM, a Compact Flash card, or memory.

Trade.com is now offering wireless trading services to their customers through a partnership with w-Trade Technologies.

AMD announced the immediate availability of four new versions of its AMD-K6-2E embedded processor family at speeds up to 350 MHz. The new additions include: the 350 MHz and 333 MHz standard power processors, and the 333 MHz and 300 MHz low-power processors. Designed to run both 16-bit and 32-bit software, the AMD-K6-2E processor delivers high-performance x86 instruction set processing and is compatible with the Microsoft Windows CE, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows NTE operating systems.

Foliage Software Systems’ iBrowser was recently selected by Microsoft for inclusion in the Microsoft Communications Kit for Windows CE. iBrowser is a full-featured World Wide Web browser developed for use on Windows CE systems.

AvantGo announced AvantGo Enterprise Publisher, a new member of its enterprise product family designed to extend Web-based corporate intranet and Internet content to handheld devices. AvantGo Enterprise Publisher enables companies to extend their intranet or Internet content to Palm Computing platform and Windows CE-based handheld computers. AvantGo also announced that it has renamed AvantGo Enterprise 3 to AvantGo Enterprise Interactive.