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Turns out the popular Palm III handheld computer is even handier than people realized. Last week maker 3Com confirmed rumors that a free program that lets the unit double as a remote control for TVs can also be used by thieves to unlock car doors equipped with infrared remote locking systems. But only a few cars (including some Mercedes-Benz) use such a system, and because a thief must first copy the code from the remote sold with the car, 3Com declared such break-ins "nearly impossible...
...other hand, the World Fund, with about 70 members, manages about $14,000, mostly in hi-tech stocks like Sun Microsystems and 3COM. Fund managers look to gain in the short-term by finding undervalued high-growth companies. Yield thus far for 1998 is 13 percent or roughly...
Selections in the handheld market have blossomed as well. Last year the obvious choice for a fully functional pocket-size organizer was 3Com's PalmPilot. While this year's upgrade, the Palm III, is still going strong, buyers can now find comparable units from Casio, Everex and Philips that run Windows CE. The competition has brought great new features like wireless data transfer on the Palm III and a voice-memo feature on Casio's Cassiopeia. The research firm IDC predicts that by 2002, U.S. handheld sales will triple to 6.9 million units--about the same number of notebooks sold...
Discount sites are centralized filters to multiple sources of goods. They generally have contracts with re-seller clients to put products on their site. Some examples include www.pricewatch.com and www.pricescan.com. I purchased my 3Com PalmPilot Professional at a 30 percent discount via Pricescan...
There are lots of exciting things happening in the world of computer technology. For example this month, 3Com announced that it will unveil a gigabit Ethernet hub. Netscape released the source code for its Web browser, and the Federal Communications Commission is flirting with the idea of taxing Internet telephony...