Red Herring has a detailed reported entitled "Handheld Devices: With new technology, we'll have the whole world in our hands" that starts on page 224 of the issue published on May 2000.

Cybiko is a new "wireless handheld device" (US$150) designed for teenagers that will enable real time chat, gaming, and email to other Cybiko users within 300 feet.

Xybernaut has announced that "wearable computing solutions" will be the focus of the next 5th annual International Conference on Wearable Computing (ICWC 2000) to be held 16-17May00 at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, VA. For more information call: 800-241-3333.

Wired has an article that examines the upcoming mobile license auction that will take place very soon in the United Kingdom (UK). Industry analysts are projecting that "seven telecom operators" will place bids that will top over US$30 billion.

Lexar Media has announced that Sony Corporation has made a US$2 million equity investment in Lexar Media in connection with a strategic partnership to apply Lexar Media's high-speed flash memory controller technology to Sony's Memory Stick technology.

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