InfoWorld has a review of LearningSpace, saying it enlivens online training. Reviewer Sam Stokes found LearningSpace 4.0 to be an immense improvement over the previous version.

Network World has an article on former Lotus chief Jeff Papows and the credibility problem he might face when he tries to lead his new software company. The article contends the impressive results Papows delivered at Lotus will overshadow any blots on his record.

SearchDomino has an article on implications of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. It claims the Act has "paved the way for heavier traffic on the information superhighway" and made Internet security even more important.

sitegarden/xml has been released. The open source product is for creating, editing, and publishing Lotus Domino Internet and intranet sites. sitegarden/xml is a document-oriented content management system used for creating Web sites with a news, magazine, or informational style. HTML pages served by sitegarden/xml are designed to have a similar look and feel to complex Internet sites such as ZDNet.com, MSNBC.com, Gamespot.com, and ABCNews.com.

SolutionPlanet Ltd. has announced it will establish a Base Camp in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish branch office is targeted to employ five people, mainly in consulting and sales, by the year end.

TechWeb reports that Microsoft released a patch to eliminate the security flaw in Outlook and Outlook Express that could let vandals control a PC simply by sending it an email. The flaw is known as the "malformed email header vulnerability." According to the article, Microsoft says the flaw is "an unchecked buffer in the mechanism that parses email headers when downloading mail via the POP3 or IMAP4 protocols."

According to CRN, Microsoft executive Jack Krumholtz told Congress that programs such as Napster and Gnutella represent threats to the software industry. The article says Krumholtz believes the "threat of software piracy and revenue losses as a result of software being swapped via technology like Napster is real and is a concern for Microsoft and the industry at large."

DominoPro has an article on the way Lotus is capitalizing on the Application Service Provider (ASP) market. Jeanette Medlin, director of product marketing for Lotus, is quoted as saying, "It’s a fundamental route to market for us to reach new customers. It’s more cost effective for Lotus to make its software available to ASPs and then let them pursue customers, particularly smaller businesses."

Lotus and Spectria announced the release of the Integrated Special Education (ISPED) system, a Web-based case management solution which encompasses all aspects of servicing students with special needs. This solution is designed to enhance schools’ efforts to identify, track, and service special education students while complying with federal and state regulations. ISPED is built on Lotus Domino’s integrated messaging and Web application software platform.

ZDNet reports that technicians running large computer networks are increasingly voicing concerns over the security risks posed by Napster’s online music downloads. The article says the risk comes when users open their computers to anonymous Web surfers looking for music files to download. The inappropriate use of corporate networks and traffic tie-ups from digital music downloads is another complaint network administrators have of Napster.