Trend Micro announced shipment of a Lotus Notes virus protection software for the IBM AS/400, ScanMail for Lotus Notes V1.8. ScanMail protects Notes databases and mail from Internet and email-borne viruses which can cause data damage to IBM AS/400 servers.

Here’s a speculative article from Forbes on what Palm Computing founders Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky could be working on.

PC World has this review of Actioneer Smart Portal service from Actioneer. Actioneer software comes bundled with Lotus Notes R5 and with various IBM and Palm Computing platform products.

Here’s an interesting groupware alternative. eGroups lets users share documents, hold real-time chats, share and coordinate calendars, post information to bulletin boards and send e-mail. Windows Magazine has more.

net.Genesis announced that its product, net.Analysis 4.0, now integrates with IBM WebSphere. IBM WebSphere with net.Analysis enables enterprise-level e-businesses to understand the online behavior of their customers in real time.

Corporate Image Software announced the release of DoubleSixes/XML. This lightweight class library delivers real-time internet connectivity, XML document processing, and fast Notes data tabulation to LotusScript developers. A free trial version is available for download.

The San Jose Mercury News has this article on the tiny Linux Pavillion at the PC Expo. The article notes that while the space was small (I couldn’t find it!), the presence of Linux is growing.

Infoseek Software and Viador announced an agreement that will facilitate an EIP solution to help corporations provide access to critical business information from intranets, extranets and the Internet. Under this agreement, Viador can embed Infoseek’s Ultraseek Server 3.0 into Viador’s E-Portal Suite 6. E-Portal Suite 6, along with Ultraseek Server’s capabilities, will access both structured and unstructured data sources, including relational and multidimensional databases, business intelligence reports, news and event data, HTML, Microsoft Office, and Lotus Notes documents.

Windows Magazine takes a quick look at Lotus SmartSuite Millennum Edition. The article also talks about SmartSuite’s FastSite application and the SmartCenter toolbar.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile Organizer, a system that enables people to use natural language and natural speech to create emails and PIM entries for some applications started shipping from Dragon Systems. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Mobile Organizer includes Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred speech recognition software supports Palm desktop, Lotus Notes, and GoldMine.