Douglas Luckie notes that the Michigan State Palmtop Users Group (MSPUG), which services users of Newton OS, Palm OS, & Windows CE users, will meet again on 09Nov99 at 7 p.m. at Beaner's Coffeehouse, 270 W. Grand River, East Lansing, Michigan.

Teligent (a "communications company") has announced that they have recently raised over US$500 million from an investor group lead by Microsoft and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. The company will use this capital infusion to expand their "high speed data network" infrastructure to enable Teligent to better offer "nationwide localized broadband network" services in the future. [SOURCE: Reuters, PR Newswire

Sony has announced a plans to offer a new digital camcorder that will incorporate a pen based interface to ease navigation of features like video capture, and video editing directly on the unit. [SOURCE: PR Newswire]

Kryptonite Corporation has announced a new full-line of portable anti-theft devices (KryptoVault, Motion Sensor Alarm, & Key Cable Locks) for mobile technology devices.

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