PC Week is running an article entitled "Windows CE Losing Palm Arm Wrestle" that notes some Windows CE hardware makers have decided or are nearly ready to decide to "abandon" Windows CE palm-size products.

Flash Sheridan reminds us that the Stanford PalmPilot User Group (SPUG) meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. So, the next meeting will be on 02Nov99 at The Printer's Inc Bookstore Cafe, 310 California Ave, Palo Alto, California. The Guest of Honor will Michael Bergen, Ex-President of the San Francisco Palm/Pilot User Group.

Nicci Noteboom examines "Killer Gadgets" in an online article entitled "BOOST YOUR CELL IQ WITH 5 HOT SMARTPHONES (more available and user friendly)" www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_4054.html.

SanDisk has announced greatly increased capacity of their MultiMediaCards, CompactFlash cards, PC Cards, SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards, FlashDrives, and flash chipsets. The high capacity flash products are based on a new 256 megabit (Mbit) D2 (Double Density) flash chip designed by SanDisk that will double current offering sizes (ie. 32-MBs products will now offer 64-MBs of storage).

Java Technology Training via Sun Microsystems is offering a "free" Java JumpStart Edition Software Development Kit (SDK) through 31Dec99 for just registering at www.sun.com/service/suned.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com) eFax: 978-246-3067