51.   Internet appliances of the future will likely include set-top boxes, handheld devices, digital wallets, cell phones and many others.

52.   Kenneth Joyce, director of marketing in North America, said handheld wireless devices can be used to search by neighborhood and key word.

53.   Keyboards for handheld devices are available, but until now, none have been the size of a regular keyboard.

54.   Livermore has developed a handheld device to test for pathogens, with results coming in half an hour.

55.   Microsoft also developed the Windows CE software for handheld devices.

56.   Microsoft has been pushing its technology into devices like TVs and handheld devices, though Netscape has yet to make a real dent in this market.

57.   Microsoft is trying to catch up with companies like Palm, which realized sooner that handheld devices and tiny computers would become all the rage.

58.   No ads are loaded on the handheld device.

59.   Navio, a Netscape unit, was spun off to develop software for small devices including NCs, telephones and handheld computing devices.

60.   Now the company has developed TrueSync Information Manager, a program that allows users to transfer all their personal information into handheld devices.