Network Computing Newsletter #57 (07Sep98) has details on a new mobile networking protocol effort underway in an article entitled "Internet-to-Go, Now With Mobile IP".

ZDNET has published an article entitled "ESSENTIAL PALM ACCESSORIES", and ZDNET's PC Week has "Handheld users can count on being well-connected: using 3rd party solutions from Puma Technologies".

Vicinity Corporation has created a new "interactive maps and driving directions" solution for PalmPilot devices called "Pocket MapBlast!".

Nikkei English News has published two potentially interesting stores: #1. Artis Communications has a new middleware solution for Windows CE devices that lets users check "in-house email" systems, and #2. Alps Electronic is working on building two new low-power LCD displays that should be available for OEMs by the end of 1998.

Palm Computing has announced their Second Annual Worldwide Developer Conference for PalmPilot devices will be held 01-04Dec98 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. There is specific developer related information available at www.palmdevcon.com.

Motorola has announced a new single FLEX paging chip for building two-way paging devices using the G1.9 Flex specification.

ACM Press Books is running a "members sale." For instance, Mobility, Mobile Agents, and Process Migration: Current Research (#704981)--edited by Fred Douglis, Dejan Milojecic, and Richard Wheeler--can be purchased for US$29.95 (instead of US$32.95).

Tegic Communications has announced the release of their "telephone keypad style" data entry software called "T9" for PalmPilot devices.

Eric Brown brings Newton users news that Saugus.net will continue to publish for the near foreseeable future Newton book versions of Saugas town government's local by-laws, rules, and regulations that are also published in HTML and PDF formats.

Avi Drissman has announced Minimizer v1.01 (US$5): "a extension for a Newton 2.0 device which lets users shrink an application to the blinking notification star at the top of the screen."

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)