Net apps make a splash at Demo 2000

While plenty of the Web-based wares at this week's Demo 2000 trade show are aimed at providing new services and back-end support to the installed base of PC owners, a number of new Internet appliances and supporting software are adding to the gee-whiz factor. Leading the Internet-appliance charge, Be Inc. (Nasdaq: BEOS) on Monday formally took the wraps off BeIA, a stripped-down, modular version of BeOS that is tailored to providing media-rich content to compact Internet devices. Full story to follow. -- Matthew Rothenberg, ZDNet News