About the Authors Tom Barich is a computer consultant and CD-ROM developer who, in his spare time, also writes computer books. He obtained his first Palm device in the hopes that he could get organized enough to spend some of that spare time at the beach. However, what he's doing instead is writing a book on Palm computing. Hmmm . there must be a moral in there somewhere. A longtime veteran of the Internet and former information technology consultant, Mariva Hannah Aviram (a real name) is an independent writer covering the high-tech industry. Mariva's published works include articles in Java World, c | net, and NetscapeWorld, and the book XML For Dummies Quick Reference. For more information, including a background on Mariva's palindromic name, please visit http://www.mariva.com.