This article from InfoWorld takes a look at Lotus Notes 6.5. IBM is pitching release as a client-focused release, but there are plenty of useful innovations on the back end as well. On the client side, the article says that the Notes 6.5 client does add something that GroupWise and Outlook users can only consider old hat: a follow-up flag, which also allows a user to flag an email he or she wants to follow up on.

Techworld reports that British mobile phone developer Sendo has become the latest company to announce a one-piece smartphone. Due to ship during the first quarter of 2004, the Sendo X is based on the Symbian Series 60 operating system already used in phones from Nokia, Siemens and others, but with extensions. The Sendo X comes with synchronization software for a range of PC applications, including Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and Lotus Organizer.

Microsoft has issued a knowledge paper on how to fix the flaw in Exchange Server 2003 that either denied users access to Outlook Web Access or gave them full access to someone else’s account. ZDNet UK reports Microsoft has issued a paper detailing how to fix the problem, which involves turning the Kerberos authentication back on for the Exchange server, and also running it on SharePoint.

Roaring Penguin Software announced the availability of CanIt 2.0, which provides enterprises, campuses and ISPs with additional features, functions and options for spam and virus filtering. CanIt 2.0 is based on the MIMEDefang email inspection and manipulation software, also developed and maintained by Roaring Penguin. It can be deployed in any enterprise email environment, including on all Linux and UNIX servers. As a stand-alone gateway appliance, it can protect email environments running non-UNIX servers, such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Novell Groupwise.

Reasearch in Motion introduced a new tri-band device for enterprise users in Europe with support for international roaming on GSM/GPRS networks. According to Internet News, the BlackBerry 7730 handheld also offers cradle-free wireless email synchronization, integrated email attachment viewing, support for international roaming (on 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS networks), a push-based wireless architecture and a wireless extension to existing email accounts including Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino accounts.

Geek.com reports that Microsoft is now investigating a new flaw in Exchange 2003. The flaw pertains to the Outlook Web Access (OWA) component, which allows users to connect to their email without needing a locally installed email client. Matthew Johnson, a network administrator at a U.S. company based in Nashville, Tennessee, discovered the flaw, which at times allows a user to log into Outlook Web Access only to be connected to another user’s mailbox with full access. Johnson first reported the issue to Microsoft two months ago, then later posted the issue to the NTBugtraq security mailing list.

Evergreen Assurance announced its continuous availability solution designed specifically for RIM’s BlackBerry wireless service. Evergreen for BlackBerry Enterprise Server is a new service that provides recovery for BlackBerry outages via Evergreen Assurance’s automated one-click failover system. Evergreen’s new solution provides a dedicated secondary BlackBerry system and monitors customers’ BlackBerry server status from two remote command and control centers staffed 24×7. Evergreen for BlackBerry supports companies that route their BlackBerry service through either Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino servers.

Windows & .NET Magazine has this article on five important bug fixes for Windows Server 2003. The article says that if you’re planning to deploy Windows Server 2003 for the first time, you can avoid a myriad of documented performance problems if you include the bug fixes in the server images before you release them into production.

ZATZ Publishing (ZATZ us, the publishers of this-here publication) today launched our newest magazine, Connected Photographer. We named the magazine Connected Photographer for a reason. Whether you’re producing snapshots for your family or professional shots for clients, or even pictures for yourself, connections, both Internet and interpersonal, pervade every aspect of picture taking, production, and creation.

Connected Photographer will have the same editorial style of our other magazines. We’ll be personal, accessible, and friendly. We’ll cover interesting simple tips for beginners as well as some elements of photography so advanced that only a few people stand a chance of understanding. We’ll mix our advanced topics in with beginner topics, we’ll have some fun, and we’ll all learn to be better photographers, and better connectors.

Please feel free to visit the new magazine, subscribe, send friends to it, and, of course, send chocolate!

Extended Systems announced that the company is collaborating with Reply Wireless, a UK based wireless data subscription services company, to deliver quick, secure and cost-competitive corporate email through managed, subscription sales of Extended Systems’ OneBridge Mobile Groupware. With OneBridge Mobile Groupware, Reply Mail supports a variety of wireless devices (PDAs, Smartphones, Symbian, SyncML, WAP phones or laptops) and leading groupware applications (Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes).