Here’s an article from Information Week about Groove Networks’ version of its peer-to-peer collaborative software, which lets Microsoft Outlook users bring email interactions into Groove’s real-time workspace.

Here’s an editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer about how the sentencing of David L. Smith shows how seriously society takes the Internet.

Steltor announced that it is working with IBM to offer calendaring and scheduling software for Linux on the IBM eServer zSeries mainframe. Steltor’s time management offering features a real time, standards-based calendaring infrastructure and a mix of desktop and Web clients, including support for Microsoft Outlook and a wide range of mobile devices.

David L. Smith, creator of the Melissa virus, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,000 in fines. He must also serve 3 years of supervised release, during which he cannot use the Internet, computer networks, or bulletin boards unless authorized by the court.

Washtech reports that there’s a spam bill might be heading to the Senate floor soon. Montana Sen. Conrad Burns said that the measure enjoys enough support to win the Senate Commerce Committee’s stamp of approval when it is brought up for a committee vote this month, tentatively scheduled for May 16.

Group 1 and Sigaba Corporation today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance. Under the terms of the agreement, Group 1 will resell Sigaba’s suite of secure email and secure document delivery services in conjunction with Group 1’s DOC1 customer communication management suite.

Network Computing has this article about Kyberpass Corporation’s Secure Email TrustPlatform, a Microsoft Outlook 98, 2000 and 2002 plug-in. The article says that the most compelling part of TrustPlatform is its encryption-certificate-storage and OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) functionality, which is missing from Outlook.

eg InfoSystems, Inc announced that it has signed an agreement with Netherlands-based Fenestrae Americas Division. This strategic alliance will bring egInfosystems’ product line for Microsoft Exchange unified message maintenance to the market through its direct sales force in the Americas and large VAR reseller channel partner groups Developed for the Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 5.5 platforms.

Caelo Software Inc. announced the beta release of NEO 2.5 for free trial download. NEO 2.5 has a new Fast Sync feature that runs in the background, back and forward buttons for easy navigation, and improved viewtabs.

CNet has this article on the Klez worm that’s working its way to computers worldwide. The article cites a survey by an antivirus company that says the latest versions of the Klez worm have infected more than 7 percent of PCs worldwide, surpassing totals from other threats, such as SirCam and Nimda.