America Online has plans to offer services to small gadgets that connect to the Internet. News.com says that this will eliminate the need personal computers and help the online giant reach more computer-phobic customers and will advance its reach in Europe.

Contributing Editor Frank McPherson reports from Spring Comdex ’99 that Windows CE played a small role in Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates’ keynote address. During the address, the use of a Vadem Clio, Terminal Server Client and wireless networking to administer a Windows 2000 server was demonstrated for the audience. Also, it was announced that Microsoft will provide a virtual private networking client in the next release of Windows CE for the corporate environment. This software will allow corporate users to connect to their company’s network using a local internet service provider. Microsoft says that their goal is to ship the next version of Windows CE by the end of the year.

The Denver Post has this article on the latest advertising campaigns in the computer industry. Two ads that are memtioned are from IBM’s Lotus division and Palm Computing.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Laboratory for Computer Science has interesting predictions for the Internet over the next 66 years. Check out what is predicted by 2004.

America Online has plans to offer services to small gadgets that connect to the Internet. News.com says that this will eliminate the need personal computers and help the online giant reach more computer-phobic customers and will advance its reach in Europe.

PlusFactor Software announced the WeSync Communities Web site. The WeSync Web site will let users share calendar and contact data through your Palm organizer. WeSync will allow Windows 95, 98, and NT users to create, edit, and simultaneously view multiple calendars with their Palm organizers.

News.com has the following story about Royal’s new DaVinci Pro. The DaVinci Pro, which will be available this summer for $149, will have direct email and fax capabilities.

Proxim announced at Comdex/Spring ’99 that its RangeLAN2 wireless LAN technology will enable today’s mobile work force using Windows CE-based devices running the new client software to have wireless access to critical information on Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition.

Telcontar announced a relationship with Microsoft, which Telcontar will support a public API for use with AutoPC, making the power, generality, and speed of its just-launched Rich Map Engine available on AutoPC platforms. Telcontar’s Rich Map Engine provides virtual navigation, map customization, rapid retrieval of map information based on real-time GPS position, and route finding in vehicle and pedestrian modes.

ICONOCAST, a great email marketing newsletter, included this choice tidbit: “We love viral marketing! After Jason Kottke posted and later removed his Simply Palm parodies called ‘Simply Porn,’ a host of sites copied the campaign and put it up on their pages. Jaco just digs it when the Net bands together to defeat the evil enemy.”