Control wirelessly without a computer?

sorry if this has been asked before(i did search but didn't find anything) but is there a way to wirelessly remote control airtune?
I mean, my computer is downstairs, and my stereo is upstairs, i can't just go running up and down all the time just to change the song etc. and, there is a problem, i don't have another computer upstairs, so, is there anyway that you can control wirelessly?
*I have a palm that has wireless B, can i use that to control airtune?

If you run a VNC server on the Mac and run a VNC client on the Palm you will be able to remotely control the Mac and therefore control iTunes. Your Palm must be connected to your Airport network.
Note that (from my experience with a PocketPC) you wouldn't want to try and do anything more complicated than using iTunes in minimised mode.
For the Mac: OSXvnc
For the Palm: Google Search on Palm VNC clients

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