Ephraim Schwartz

PalmSource Inc., the operating system division of Palm Inc., announced on Monday that it will discontinue its Graffiti handwriting recognition software in favour of Jot technology from Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC) based in Redwood Shores, Calif.

Dell Computer Corp., the market leader in desktop PCs, is set to announce its entry into the handheld market at Comdex Las Vegas on Nov. 18.

Intel Corp. announced last month a second generation of Flash memory that could double the present memory capacity while more than halving the amount of energy consumed in cell phones.

OnSet Technology Inc. and Good Software Inc., which provide applications for the Research In Motion Ltd. hardware platform, have announced e-mail-based software that will further cement RIM's bragging rights to market share leadership in the wireless enterprise.

General Motors Corp. announced in April its intention to use Microsoft Corp. .Net to create Web services on top of its design and collaboration applications.

Microsoft Corp. unveiled Oct. 30 the first technical preview of its .Net Speech Platform and also announced availability of the second beta release of its .Net Speech Software Developer Kit (SDK) at the Speech TEK conference in New York.

The honeymoon is over. Wi-Fi has been getting a free ride from me and most other columnists who sing the praises of wireless LAN connectivity.

Palmsource Inc., the operating system arm of Palm Inc., and BVRP Software Group, a mobile middleware software vendor, announced at the CTIA conference solutions that will make Bluetooth devices simpler for the end-user to operate.