PC World is reporting that "MICROSOFT TO UNVEIL SMART CARD OPERATING SYSTEM" they are calling "Windows for Wallets." This news is also covered via ZDNET's online technology news section.

SanDisk has announced the introduction of a USB version of their ImageMate CompactFlash reader/writer external drive (US$89) for PCs and Apple iMac computers.

The recent Design Business Association (DBA) Awards held in London, United Kingdom, have awarded the Psion Series 5 two awards: "best Consumer Product Design" and "best overall entry--the Grand Prix prize." You can reportedly learn more about DBA via www.design.org.uk.

International Data Corporation (IDC) is reporting strong future growth in the "TVs and hand-held computers connected to the Internet" marketplaces. Sales according to IDC research could reach 55.7 million "low-end" devices by 2002.

JAWS Technologies has announced "L5 Data Encryption Software" for 3Com Palm III devices that offers 4096-bit encryption protection to vital data stored on a Palm III like credit card numbers.

Motorola has announced a new embedded processor that is ideal for solving a variety of problems, especially in the networking infrastructure marketplace. The "MPC8240" chip is based on the PowerPC 603e core that runs at 266MHz and includes an integrated advanced memory controller (AMC) and a 32-bit PCI interface.

PC World published for Nov98 has a "Test Drive" article entitled "Digital Books: Good Enough to Curl Up With?" written by Joanne Robb on page 64. The two main units tested included NuvoMedia's "ROCKET E-BOOK" (US$500) and