Due to the fact that we will be recovering from tonight’s exciting New Year’s activities on Friday, news will not be posted until Monday, January 4. Have a safe and happy New Year!

Thanks to reader Daniel McCarty for sending in this article from the New York Times about the post-PC world. The article says that the PC will not disappear, but PC’s will not remain the dominant technology.You must be registered with the New York Times to read this article.

Doctor PalmPilot reviews HandBase, a new semi-relational databse program for the PalmOS. Included in this review is a free-ware medical patient tracking database used in testing the program.

Since it looks like the NBA season will probably be canceled, hoops fans can still get their fill by using Shot Chart from Digital Scout. Fans with the Shot Chart software simply use the point and touch stylus to record statistics such as shots and rebounds.

Palmtop Publishing announced the first in the KnowledgeTest series of interactive, pocket study guides and learning tools for the Palm Computing platform. The Private Pilot Pocket Review provides student and private pilots with an interactive quiz comprised of over 650 questions and two dozen illustrations direct from the FAA database for the Private Pilot written exam.

Here’s an article from News.com about the PalmPilot in 1998. The article also predicts that sales of Windows CE devices will rise in 1999.

Xerox is teaming up with Tempe, Arizona company ImageTag to bring an electronic filing system to large companies. The system can be integrated into document-sharing applications such as Xerox’s DocuShare or IBM’s Lotus Notes.

MSNBC has this article on what Web surfing wiil be like in 1999.

IBM and British grocery store chain Safeway are testing a PalmPilot-type device which allows you to produce your own shopping lists. According to The Register, the device is used to scan in bar codes from groceries, and then the shopping list is sent to the store by attaching the machine to a phone line.

CBS MarketWatch has this story about the good, the bad, and the ugly of 1998. According to the article, Windows CE devices are among the overhyped of the past year.