[Alexander Turcic]

There's been a whole heck of a lot of stuff happening this week. Purvey the below for your pleasure.

Current E-Books Trends
Amazon buys Booksurge and Mobipocket
WSJ Electronic Version More Profitable

E-Book Readers
Next generation e-book hardware by Microsoft?

eReader
eReader 2.61 for Pocket PC released!

General Chat
Group cuts mobile antipiracy software royalties
In love with the kid cell phone Firefly? Think twice!
The End Of An Era -- The Desktop PC

iSilo/X
iSilo/X 4.26 beta 2 available

Link Swap
BooksPrice - free book price comparison tool
German WikiPedia Spring 2005 DVD for download
Linkswap: What's Your Favorite Online Image Archive?

New Links
Google's "Local Search" for mobile unveiled

Other E-Book Resources
Physics textbooks for free download
Slashdot: Good Online Sources for Free Books

Other Gadgets
Methanol fuel cell battery presentation
Microsoft uses E Ink to promote XBox games
Seiko's 'Future Now' watch uses e-paper technology
USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive roundup

Palm
Core Pocket Media Player for PalmOS pre-alpha
eReader 2.61 for Palm OS released
Graffiti 1 hack for Treo 650 and TT5
History and Future of the Palm Pilot Handheld
Inside PalmAddicts
MyUAE 0.5 - Amiga emulator for Palm OS 5
palmOne LifeDrive RIP - Tungsten X emerges
palmOne Tungsten E2 now official - first review
palmOne Zire 73 is just a fantasy
Treo 650 vs. Sidekick II - a user's perspective
Tungsten E2 and accessories at Amazon

Pocket PC
CABInstl V1.03 for Pocket PC released
Making the move from Palm to PocketPC Part II
Police Use IPAQ PDAs to Issue Speeding Tickets Faster

Smartphones
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X - the world's 1st cell phone

Sunrise
Sunrise 0.41j released

WiFi / Bluetooth Technologies
Attack Bluetooth with a rifle