WinInformant is reporting that Microsoft has been allowing "major industry" partners to gain access to the new Windows CE OS and preview releases of Windows XP embedded OS.

PC World has more details on the "data synchronization common language" called SyncML that is getting a great deal of attention.

Blue Nomad has announced a completely Macintosh savvy version of WordSmith v1.12 (US$30) that includes a synchronization conduit and support for Word/RTF files.

Zi Corporation has announced that Openwave Systems will use Zi's eZiText technology with Openwave's Mobile Browser that supports WAP v1.2.1/2.0 (WML, xHTML, cHTML).

Bachmann Software & Services is now shipping InfraReady external portable IR adapter that will support Palm OS devices "wirelessly" printing to InfraReady enhanced printers via Bachmann's PrintBoy for Palm OS.

Domino's Pizza has announced plans to deploy Synchrologic's iMobile Suite in 400 Domino's stores in a pilot program intended to allow Domino's to efficiently manage daily sales data and customer information from individual stores. Domino's headquarters will also be able to provide stores with individual recommendations such as promotions ideas and pricing using this software.

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com)