Computer Reseller News has this interview with 3Com president and chief operating officer Bruce Claflin. In the interview, Claflin talks about the focus of networks and the upcoming spin-off of Palm Computing.

BarPoint.com announced it has acquired Synergy Solutions. Synergy Solutions has focused on building commercial applications for Palm Computing devices. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of BarPoint, Synergy Solutions will drive the development of handheld applications and mobile e-commerce solutions.

Palm Computing and Sony announced an agreement to expand the capabilities of the Palm Computing platform and create a next generation platform for handheld consumer electronics products with audio-visual (AV) functionality. Under the terms of the agreement, Sony licenses the Palm OS operating system and Palm Computing will support Sony’s Memory Stick storage and data exchange technology as part of the Palm Computing platform.

Infoseek Corporation, home of the GO Network, and AvantGo announced they are offering personalized content and interactive applications to wireless device users through AvantGo.com. Wireless users can now access specified GO Network My Page content such as stock quotes, sports scores, horoscope, news, and weather via the AvantGo.com My Page on Air channel.

Socket Communications announced the release of Socket’s Scanner SDK, a Software Developers Kit that helps build bar code scanning applications for mobile computers powered by Microsoft’s Windows CE operating system. The SDK supports Socket’s entire line of Battery Friendly plug-in cards that connect bar code laser scanners to Windows CE-based Palm-size PCs, Handheld PCs or pen tablets.

Infoseek Corporation, home of the GO Network, and AvantGo announced they are offering personalized content and interactive applications to wireless device users through AvantGo.com. Wireless users can now access specified GO Network My Page content such as stock quotes, sports scores, horoscope, news, and weather via the AvantGo.com My Page on Air channel.

Oracle announced its transactional database for handheld devices. Oracle8i Lite for the Palm Computing platform and Psion EPOC computing platform is immediately available and downloadable at no cost to Internet developers via the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article on new software called Enotate. Enotate, which will be available next month, lets you add handwritten markings and comments only to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents and to digital photos in the industry-standard JPEG format.

Homes.com has announced that it’s teaming with AvantGo to bring the Homes.com Web portal to users of handheld devices. Called Homes.com ToGo!, the Homes.com application and real estate channel will work on all Palm Computing devices and Windows CE-based handheld devices.

Here’s a review of Mitsubishi’s smartphone called MobileAccess 125. The article says that for an additional $110, you can purchase PalmPilot Connection Kit, which includes HandMail and HandWeb.