The latest version of the Domino Counter graphical hit counter and page monitoring tool is available now for download. Changes for version 3 include OLAP reports using dynamic XML, dynamic XSL stylesheets and dynamic XML schemas (all source code for these reports is included), digit spacing and an optional R5 frameset.

PC Magazine take a look at Lotus Sametime 1.5. The review says that overall, Sametime 1.5 is a strong product.

We expect to be doing some server maintenance here at ZATZ over the weekend. While we expect most systems to be live all weekend, we will be shutting down our list server until Monday.

We at ZATZ are going to take the weekend off to celebrate the new year. Our newest issue of PalmPower should be up late Monday, but if you don’t see much activity on our servers through the weekend, it’s not because of Y2K. It’s because we want to celebrate the new millennium. You should, too.

We at ZATZ wish you all a wonderful New Year’s weekend, a wonderful new year, new century, and new millennium. Don’t forget to start writing ’00 on your checks!

News.com has this article on how XML made a big splash in 1999.

Last night, we asked our contributing editors to send us their "best of" nominations. Senior Technical Editor Richard Echeandia of DominoPower sent us a few we thought most interesting:<UL><LI>Most important technology…Transistors<LI>Most interesting use of a new material…Saran Wrap<LI>Most eagerly awaited technology…AIDS cure<LI>Most interesting new edible substance…Freeze dried Bananna chips<LI>Most exciting event…Mankind’s landing on the moon<LI>Biggest news/most newsworthy…End of WWII<LI>Best accomplishment of humanity…Continued existence<LI>Worst accomplishment of humanity…Atomic bombs</UL>

Smart Reseller reports that IBM has made changes in the structure of some of its software organizations.

Want to know what awards Lotus received in 1999? Domino and Sametime were named as year-end awards, while Notes was named one of the decade’s most important products.

Yesterday, we reported a Y2K bug in the queueing feature of Eudora. Later, we were reminded that our friends at UserLand have implemented a Web site called MailToTheFuture that will send your mail at a future date.