Finally!!.. the incredibly stupid Win2000 server problem has been fixed!!
Now you can get info about free Java, XML, and Linux resources from IBM developerWorks with Your Palm VII, as well as free emerging technologies from IBM research being hosted on the IBM alphaworks Website. You can find the pqa download here.

Attention All interested Action Names Users,
What's Action Names Users Group?
This group formed on May 17, 2000 to unite hundreds of Action Names users, to discuss Action Names related questions and issues, to get the latest information about Action Names, and spread the word about everything Action Names related.

The Malaysia Palm Users Group (MYPUG) website has officially launched! MYPUG is a all-volunteers organization whose mission is to support Malaysia Palm owners. The group consists of new users, power users, programmers and everything in between. Membership is free and everyone is encouraged to join.

The 1st official MYPUG meeting is to be announced after membership has grown to a minimal level. To learn more, please visit their website at http://mypug.hypermart.net

Recently I contacted Ximuoi about their "Pyro for Palm" mp3 player for the Palm III, and was concerned when I visited their site for some info. Links and Images were invalid, but found out from the webmaster they had changed their name. Now called PocketPyro, they have updated the website, and added some new images. In addition, sources have indicated possibly as soon as July to start shipping units.

Palm Inc. admitted on Wednesday that many of its IIIc handhelds have a defect that causes cracks to form in the back of the casing. The company says it will replace all the devices that show the defect.

Palm Inc. said they became aware of the problem because of numerous posts to Palm-related message boards.

Hide Itoh has done it again! He has just released a new icon set entitled "Hide's Visor icons" It's a version 1 and it only has 10 visor icons now, but he will make some more icons in the future and release as version 2.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.interpug.com/npug/

One of the many advantages of the Palm is that no matter how much information you cram into it, it doesn't get any bigger. This encourages many people to cram as much reference material into their Palm as possible to reduce the amount of paper they have to carry around. An excellent example of this is Noah, a freeware app that allows you to carry a whole dictionary around in your handheld.

Palm's latest licensee is not some big time company, it's supermodel Claudia Schiffer. The new Claudia Schiffer Palm organizer will come in a yet-unannounced color, which will match a line of accessories, cell phones and clothing. The move is part of an upcoming Claudiaschiffer.com web site that will cater to the "younger, cooler, hipper customer." More on this story at Portable Life.

According to c|net, Palm confirmed today that production of its handheld computers has slowed due to a shortage of Flash memory and LCD screens. "The cell phone explosion has really hurt our ability to get as many LCDs as we'd like, and we're watching the flash memory too. It's in a bit of tight supply," a Palm representative said.

The shortage is expected to continue for several months. A quick check of the Palm online store shows that almost every kind of Palm is on back order.

Update: A spokeswoman for Handspring said it is experiencing no parts shortages. And Thanks to DJ, for sending in this USA Today article. It mentions that many retailers such as Amazon and Circuit City also have Palm's on back order.

In an effort to cash into the exploding market for Flash memory, Intel announced today that it will spend over $2 billion in the next couple of years to increase their production capacity and on research and development to improve storage capacity of Flash memory.

In a related story, Fujitsu announced that it will build a $1.3 billion Flash memory plant with Advanced Micro Devices.

The TRGpro comes with a CompactFlash slot and there are several Handspring Springboard modules that use Flash memory to increase a storage capacity.

Qualcomm has released the beta version of the Eudora Internet Suite for the Palm Computing platform. It has three parts: an e-mail app, a conduit to synch with your desktop, and a Web browser. The email app can display HTML, has mail filtering, can fetch only recent messages, and supports Palm address book lookup. The beta version can synch with the Windows version of Eudora while the final version will be able to synch with any MAPI-compliant desktop email client (such as Microsoft Outlook). The browser supports tapping on links, cookies, forms, offline viewing of cached pages, and authentication. The beta, which expires July 4, is free and the final version will be available soon for what the company refers to as a "nominal" charge.