PC World is reporting that "XIRCOM ANNOUNCES WIRELESS NETWORKING FOR HANDSPRING -- Browse, check e-mail, and transfer data from your Handspring handheld PC."

Noncon is now shipping a Unix and NT password checking package that can be used on Palm OS devices -- "PalmCrack" supports a wide variety of Palm OS form factored devices and will require between 31-KB to 1-MB of memory depending on the dictionary installed.

MacInTouch has full "Palm OS" and "HandSpring" news from MacWorld San Francisco 2000 available via: www.macintouch.com/mwsf2000_palm.html.

CompUSA is offering a host of Franklin Covey solutions for Windows and Palm OS devices including -- Leather Binder for Palm V Series (US$60 after rebates), and Franklin Planner software for Microsoft Outlook (US$80 after rebate). They also have the Palm Vx for US$450 and the Landware GoType! Keyboard for Palm V series for US$90.

NS BASIC Corporation is sponsoring a programming contest for NS Basic/CE. The deadline for entries is Midnight EST, 14Feb2000. There will be prizes awarded in 3 divisions: Business, Games, and Open. The prize itself is US$100.00 plus recognition as one of the top NS Basic/CE programmers in the world.

The PMN News Service has coverage of: #1.) Psion's new strategic partnership with Vodafone Airtouch; #2.) ORB Digital's Palm VII free offerings to their advertising clients; #3.) New sales and marketing agreements between Phone.com and BuyNow.com; #4.) Symbian's plans for Sun's Java 2 platform; and #5.) Datalink.net new retail wireless offerings called "InfoXtra service".

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