Giants and Palm Post Beaming Stations at Pacific Bell Park

By | 6/14/2001

In a move to bring baseball fans even closer to the action, the San Francisco Giants and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today unveiled three "beaming stations" at Pacific Bell Park.

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Japanese companies go mobile with e-commerce

By | 6/14/2001

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Sony Corp. and NTT Data Corp. aim to prove that mobile e-commerce applications using non-contact IC (integrated circuit) cards and PDAs (personal digital assistants) are secure and efficient, the companies announced on Wednesday.

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Sonicblue cuts staff by 30 percent

By | 6/13/2001

Sonicblue said Tuesday it has cut its 813-person work force by 30 percent as part of a plan to achieve profitability by early 2002.

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SAP and Palm Announce Global Technology Alliance

By | 6/13/2001

Market Leaders Deliver Wireless Business Solutions Enabled by Palm Handhelds and mySAP Mobile Business at SAPPHIRE Orlando

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RIM Eyes Handset Market for Its Wireless Devices

By | 6/13/2001

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. (NasdaqNM:RIMM - news) (RIM.TO) said on Tuesday that it makes sense to link up with leading cell phone handset manufacturers to develop sophisticated wireless devices that run on a common computer language.

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Games for Palm-based devices

By | 6/12/2001

Game software publisher Infogrames said Tuesday it will work with Finland's Springtoys to develop games for the Palm operating system. Springtoys, which specialize in games for cell phones, will produce Palm versions of popular Infogrames PC and console titles such as "Driver" and "Deer Hunter."

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Motorola breathes fire into Dragonball chips

By | 6/12/2001

Motorola on Tuesday made two additions to its Dragonball line of processors for mobile devices, which the company hopes will stave off competition from Intel and Texas Instruments.

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Adobe thinks handhelds with PageMaker 7.0

By | 6/12/2001

As handheld computers catch on, Adobe Systems wants to make sure its desktop publishing tools aren't limited to the desktop.

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Palm plans to split businesses

By | 6/12/2001

NEW YORK--Palm's CEO said Tuesday that no company has approached him about buying the struggling handheld maker, quelling persistent speculation that Palm is a takeover target.

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The Virtual Schmooze - MD's Using Palms

By | 6/12/2001

It's the middle of afternoon rounds in the intensive care unit at Stanford Medical Center when the attending physician asks third-year medical student Nate Evans to order a dose of the antibiotic Cipro for an elderly patient. Evans plucks his Palm from his coat pocket, taps it a few times, then scrawls dosage instructions on the chart hanging at the end of the bed.

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Psion Launches Unit to Offer Wireless Services

By | 6/12/2001

LONDON (Reuters) - Psion Plc (PON.L), Europe's largest handheld computers maker, said on Monday it has launched a new company called Signa Services to provide wireless network services worldwide.

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DoCoMo to Begin Replacing Faulty Sony Handsets

By | 6/12/2001

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo (news - web sites) Inc (9437.T) said on Tuesday it will begin replacing defective handsets made by Sony Corp (news - web sites) (6758.T) after it was found to have a software glitch and pulled from shelves a month ago

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