The much anticipated 1st person shooter game, Dreadling, has been released. There is a shareware demo to try out and the full version comes with a level editor for $19.98. It incorporates a 3D ray casting engine which can perform 4 level grayscale texture mapping and doors. Thanks to Sfitz, Deus Noctis and Tom for writing in with the news, I posted their write-ups below.

3Com has finally released the schedule for their plan to distribute Palm stock to people who own 3Com stock. 3Com shareholders of record on July 11 will receive about 1.5 shares of Palm stock for each share of 3Com held on July 27. 3Com shareholders will receive Palm stock valued at $48.38, based on Palm's closing price of $32.25 yesterday.

developerWorks Wireless Edition is a Palm Query Application that enables you to get information about free Java, XML, and Linux technologies and other IBM developer resources such as, articles, sample code, developer news, case studies, tools, discussion forums--virtually anything developers want or need to help get their jobs done. You can also communicate with the developerWorks team wirelessly via email and sign-up for an alert service that will automatically send you a short message about new resource information available via the Palm VII. It can be downloaded at Palm.net.

Qvadis and MemoWare have combined their libraries of free books to form what is currently the largest archive of free Palm e-texts on the Web. The newly expanded Qvadis library has over 2,600 free titles. Qvadis is the maker of the popular Express Reader but there are several free doc readers that can access all the e-texts in the Qvadis Library.

AvantGo, Inc., has announced that it is making a version of its development and hosting tools for larger companies accessible on-line. AvantGo Enterprise Online is the first hosted, Internet-based service for making applications and content available to handheld users. It is intended for use by corporations and independent software vendors. They also announced that UpShot.com, My Docs Online! and LiveConsultant.com will be using the new service.

If you are a Linux user who is just starting out using a Palm, you should read an extensive article from O'Reilly's Linux Dev Center telling you everything you need to know. It covers transferring files, synchronization, how to connect your Palm to the Internet, and the Linux Palm emulator.

O'Reilly's Linux Dev Center also has an update on the status of the Yopi, the much-discussed Linux handheld.

The most requested information by Palm wireless users is, 'Where can I find the nearest Starbucks?' " according to Satjiv Chahil, head of marketing for Palm Inc. It's an even more popular query than those about weather, traffic, travel schedules and other basic concerns. "Sometimes the killer application is just the simplest application," Chahil said. The Starbucks PQA is available from Palm.Net.

The "convergence" of television and computers has been the elusive goal of Silicon Valley and Hollywood. But it has been happening recently right under their noses. The only company positioned to take advantage of this is Palm Computing. Just as Regis Philbin saved ABC-TV, Peter Tomarken can help save Palm Computing and make all of us want to indulge in some "Paranoia"!

Silver Screen is a replacement app launcher for the Palm OS, and a darn good one at that. Several programs including Handscape have seen shortfalls in Palm's Operating System and took it upon themselves to improve and replace it. What Silver Screen has which all the others don't is style.

Palm CEO Carl Yankowski said that instant messaging will be "the next killer application" for Palm users. Palm Inc. is developing technology that will allow "real-time" messages to be sent between Palm handhelds and between Palms and desktop computers. Mr. Yankowski didn't give an estimated release date or indicate if they would use a third-part IM app, like America Online's AIM.

Halo Data Devices has created the world's smallest hard disk drive that is a Type 1 compact flash card. The Halo microdrive is a miniscule 3.3mm weighing in at 10 grams and holds 250MB of data. It is not yet available but should work in the TRGPro.

Symbol has developed a barcode scanning module for the Visor.