Computer Reseller News has this article on how the Netscape-AOL deal will affect Netscape’s licensing partners.

AedifiComm announces the Worldwide multi-language availability of it’s product WorkplaceControl for Notes. With WorkplaceControl for Notes, Notes system administrators have the ability to centrally manage the end user’s Notes environment.

Lotus Development Corp. today announced Lotus FastSite 2.0, a Web solution that enables users of Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite and other desktop applications to move groups of files to an intranet, extranet or Internet site and keep that content up-to-date. A 30-day trial version of Lotus FastSite 2.0 is available now for free download. FastSite can translate content from a collection of business productivity documents created in Lotus SmartSuite, Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect Office. FastSite 2.0 will be available in North America for purchase via download at an estimated retail price of $99.

Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of its latest Java Virtual Machine for the Microsoft Windows operating system.This release further expands Java support for the Component Object Model (COM). Enhancements make it easier to build COM components in Java that can be used with Lotus Notes or on the server within Microsoft Transaction Server technology.

Computer Reseller News has this article on why email is dead. Writer Robert Faletra says if anything is to blame for the demise of email, it’s the Microsoft trial.

News.com is reporting thatSun Microsystems will display the final edition of version 1.2 of its Java Development Kit at next week’s Java Business Expo.

Lotus is taking its Sametime software on the road. Lotus will take the software on an eleven-city North American bus tour to introduce customers and business partners to the power of real time.

WebTrends Corporation released WebTrends Professional Suite v3.0, WebTrends Enterprise Suite v3.0, WebTrends Suite for Lotus Domino v2.0 and WebTrends Log Analyzer v4.5. New in the WebTrends Suite products is the WebTrends Site Manager, which extends the capabilities of the Link Analysis and Quality Control cartridge by presenting web developers with multiple graphical views of their web sites.

WorkFlow Designs, Inc. announced it has launched one of the most comprehensive e- commerce sites for Christian music — musicforce.com. WorkFlow Designs developed an interactive Web site that allows the online community of Christian music fans access to a complete selection of CDs previously unavailable through mainstream sites or retail outlets.

Internet Week has this story on FastSite 2.0, which will be released next week. According to the article, the new release can be used to publish Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, as well as documents from its own SmartSuite and Corel’s WordPerfect Office.