MSNBC has an article warning of a vulnerability in Microsoft

SearchDomino has an article on Globalware Computing Inc.’s release of PylonPro 3.0, designed to provide Lotus Notes users with synchronized data access on any compatible Palm OS-enabled wireless device. PylonPro allows access to and synchronization of the Lotus Notes Calendar, Email, Address Book, ToDo, Memo, and Expenses. It also introduces automatic location detection and adapts custom Notes applications to the Palm OS without any additional programming.

Lotus has a story on how Notes was used to help disabled people find accessible housing. Mass Accessible Housing Registry, a program designed to match people with disabilities with vacant, accessible housing, developed a database that would provide ten statewide Independent Living Centers (ILCs) with information about available accessible housing. Consumers looking for housing could then inquire at the ILCs to get the information they needed. To simplify the database, Mass Access contacted New England INDEX and had them create an easy-to-use and efficient Notes-based database application.

eWEEK has an article on some of the new advanced e-learning solutions stemming from recently formed partnerships. The deals follow the creation of Mindspan Solutions by IBM and Lotus in May, which put e-learning into the mainstream.

Casahl Technology, Inc. announced the release of ecKnowledge for FileMaker Pro 5. ecKnowledge allows enterprise users of FileMaker Pro 5 to incorporate back-end data from other enterprise applications and to share information with business partners over the Internet. It’s built on Casahl

Corning Data Services, Inc. introduced ServicePort/400, a data-retrieval system that allows users to provide employees and customers a means to find data on their own by accessing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) data via the Internet in a secure environment. ServicePort/400 is capable of working on any IBM AS/400 based ERP system.

SearchDomino has an article on the newly released Lotus Domino Design Components for Macromedia Dreamweaver software. The design components package adds sync controls to Dreamweaver, so objects such as Domino views, searches, or forms can be inserted directly into a Web page. The site can then be published internally or externally, with components linked directly to a Domino server.

The SpeedWork Company, formerly Market Contact Software, has changed its name to reflect changes in its instantProject software, now to be called SpeedWork. SpeedWork 2.5 is Notes R5 certified and is now fully Web enabled.

A news item appearing here on Friday, July 7 incorrectly identified Ives Development, Inc.’s R5 Migration Pro as an "online product resource." The item should instead read, "R5 Migration Pro is a migration tool designed as an integrated approach to planning, executing, and implementing a Notes R4 to R5 migration." We apologize for the error.

MK Net.Work Software has announced the new version of its ZipMail 2000 for Lotus Notes. The email attachment compression software works with Lotus Notes R4 and Lotus Notes R5.