Network Associates announced an enhanced version of its McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Notes software. GroupShield for Notes fully supports Lotus Notes R5. The McAfee GroupShield software also incorporates Network Associates’ ViruLogic detection technology.

ComputerWorld is reporting that Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) and XPath have the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) "recommendation status." The technologies will help companies use Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Microsoft announced that the latest version of its MSN Messenger service won’t communicate with America Online’s AOL Instant Messenger. News.com reports that Microsoft’s decision was based on an AOL software bug that could be a security risk for MSN users.

Here’s a story from News.com on a bug in Windows NT Service Pack 6 that prevents users from accessing Lotus Notes without administrator rights.

Internet Week reports that Tivoli has announced six new products from its service provider unit. Among the products announced were Tivoli for Managed Computing Services, Tivoli for Managed Network Services, and Tivoli for Managed Application Services.

The e-Content Company announced the dates and locations of an executive seminar series which will explore XML and the wireless Web as technologies for transforming traditional business models through Internet applications.

Extended Systems’ XTNDConnect Server 2.4, a server-based synchronization and management product, now supports Symbian’s EPOC platform, including smartphones and communicators. XTNDConnect 2.4 was developed by Extended Systems following last summer’s purchase of Advance Systems Ltd. and its technologies. Now individuals and corporations that use the EPOC platform can have data access directly to a Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino server and ODBC-compliant databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, DB2, Extended Systems Advantage Database Server and others.

Granite Software announce the immediate availability of their new developer’s tool – Super Sleuth NTF. Super Sleuth NTF is a utility that gives Lotus Notes developers a portal through which they can view, compare, and change design information for databases and templates. For a limited time, Granite Software is making free copies of the beta version of this product available for download from their Web site.

KeyStone Learning Systems announced the release of its Lotus Notes Domino 5 certification courses for developers and system administrators. For new Lotus developers, KeyStone offers a four-video course that prepares students to pass the Application Development certification exam. For those already certified in Lotus Notes 4.6, KeyStone offers courses in Application Development and System Administration to help students prepare for the Lotus upgrade exams.

WebTrends Corporation announced the launch of WebTrends Live. WebTrends Live delivers secure, on-demand traffic reports online without requiring any hardware or software investment or log file access.