June 4/PRNewswire-AsiaNetLICENSE INDICATES STRATEGY ROLL-OUT... TAIPEI: Acer, the worldwide PC vendor, today said it has set in train its mobile data strategy for exchanging information via handheld computers, by licensing Palm Inc's OS Operating system until 2005.ATLANTIC CABLES UPGRADED... TOKYO: Internet Initiative Japan Inc, the Internet access provider for corporates, has completed an upgrade of its trans-Atlantic infrastructure, increasing its capacity by 8,600 times, the company said today.SERVER LAUNCH... TOKYO: A Japan-US Internet server connection handling 600Mbps and geared for network operators and corporate customers has been launched by Crosswave Communications Inc, according to a company news release.PUBLISHING HOUSE TAKEOVER... SYDNEY: Penton Media Inc announced today that it has acquired the assets of DWR Media, the Australian IT media company that publishes a range of key industry titles.CONTENT GETS CREATIVE... PARIS: French company, STG Interactive, today announced its latest Internet subscription offering, Frogans, that is designed to extend opportunities for the general user to be creative with web content.E-BUSINESS SYNERGY... HONG KONG: E-business company, PacificNet.com, will partner with Software AG, provider of XML products, to create e-business synergies between the pair's product suite and sales and distribution networks, the companies announced today. BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVED... HAMBURG: Stollman GmbH, the computer platform engineers, today said they will incorporate the "TCS.BIN" protocol and Cordless Telephone Profile (CTP) into their latest Bluetooth technology-based telephony products.CHINESE PLANT TO GROW... HUNTSVILLE: SCI Systems Inc will triple the size of its Kunshan, China manufacturing plant to incorporate several key new business scoops, the company said today.ONLINE GIVEAWAY... ST JOHNS: win4real.com, the online casino, today unveiled its latest promotion, "Win 100,000 Smackers!", an online scratch-off game involving $US 100, 000 in potentially winnings.JAMAICAN OPERATION SOLD... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. has closed the sale of its Jamaican operations, Glencore, to a Swiss natural resources company, according to a company news release.TAIWANESE TELCO CONTRACT SCOOPED... AUSTIN: Software infrastructure company, Simplified, said today that it has won a contract from Taiwan Telecommunications Services Co to provide technical expertise for their e-business model.VOLUME UP IN SHARES AND DECIBELS... MONTREAL: Internet VIP Inc has announced that it will buy 100 per cent of the remaining shares in Yapalot Communications Holdings Inc, a company providing "Voice over Internet Protocol" communications services.JAVA TECHNOLOGIES ON PARADE... SAN FRANSCISCO: Software company, Edgematrix, will capitalise on the JavaOne Conference in San Franscisco from June 4-8, to showcase its various Java-based multichannel technologies, the company said today.ONLINE BLACKJACK... ST JOHNS: DrHo.com, the world's only live online casino, announced today that it will pioneer the Internet's first BlackJack World Championship on Friday 6 July - an event set to run continuously for 48-hours. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).