Computer Associates has posted a "free for a limited time" version of their new virus protection program for Palm OS devices called "InoculateIT" (Palm OS v3.0 or greater supported).

PC World is reporting that Sharp has announced a new Zaurus MI-E1 handheld in Japan (shipping 15Dec00, US$455) that supports both MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio playback.

iambic Software has announced a "major maintenance release" of AllMoney v1.0.4 for Palm OS ($20 expense tracker) that includes support for color screens.

eWeek is reporting that Lutris Technologies has announced a new open-source release of their Java based Enhyrdra application development platform that will support Motorola's future Java-savvy iDEN handset phones.

Palm has announced a new electronic newsletter called InSync Online for the Enterprise (ISOE) that will be focused on providing readers with access to news and information about Palm OS based enterprise solutions.

Enfour has announced the release of "UniFEP Chinese" -- a display and input system for Chinese Unicode characters on the Symbian Platform (EPOC ER5) devices such as Psion Revo, Revo Plus, Series 5mx, and others.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)