Peanut Press announced the publication of The Deal, by Joe Hutsko. In this new novel, New York Times contributor and former Apple insider Joe Hutsko offers a ringside seat at the wrenching struggle for control of America’s most innovative computer company. The Deal was released yesterday by Peanut Press to coincide with the release of the hardcover edition from Forge Books/St.Martin’s Press.

Interactive Week takes a look back at the top stories of 1998. Among the top stories is Palm Computing’s announcement that the PalmPilot will offer real-time Web browsing.

The Washington Times has named the Palm III organizer Best Handheld of 1998.

Synergy Technology Distribution Limited and Motorola, Lexicus Division announced the release of a Chinese handwriting recognition software for the 3Com Palm Connected Organizers. The DragonPen product allows users to input more than 5,000 traditional Chinese characters with their own handwriting.

Certicom Corp. is distributing its Secure Memo Pad application for 3Com Corp.’s PalmPilot and PalmIII, versions 2.0 or higher. The application allows users to encrypt data with 163-bit encryption.

Here’s an interesting article from PDA Dash on what the Microsoift trial could mean for handhelds.

News.com reported that 3Com is investing $6 million in wireless data service specialist Aether Technologies in an effort to make Palm handheld computers a platform for remote communication.

Here’s an article in the Edmonton Journal about Apple’s plans for mobile computers. According to the article, Apple has plans for a new laptop and a new palm-sized computer.

In the past couple of weeks, we ran a few stories about how you can break into car using OmniRemote for the Palm III. Pacific Neo-Tek released this statement regarding OmniRemote and car security.

Wired News is reporting that a couple of Hong Kong firms added Chinese to the list of written languages recognized by the PalmPilot.