================================================= SEARCHDOMINO.COM DAILY NEWS August 27, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/news ================================================= SPONSORED BY: SWING Software ================================================= ************* MS OFFICE INTEGRATION ************* Integrate your applications with Microsoft Office using new SWING Integrator v2.1. Create, save, edit Office documents as attachments; field exchange, mail-merge, labels, templates... Now there's no easier way. No DLLs -- no end-user licenses -- unlimited distribution (ROYALTY-FREE)! Learn what hundreds of developers and thousands of end-users already know. http://www.swingsoftware.com/searchdomino.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= LEAD STORY: "MerchantReach tracks sales, provides assistance across many channels" Based on IBM's e-commerce platform, WebSphere Commerce Suite, MerchantReach provides product information, online customer service and access to inventory. The product includes Lotus' Sametime, which acts as an online sales clerk, scanning virtual showroom floors for customers in need of help. SOURCE: Group Computing http://www.groupcomputing.com/dpmain.nsf/NewsNotes/E897BFF4BEE460C687256AB0006617B1?OpenDocument MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: Sametime application and Web development information is available at this Best Domino Web Links site: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid4_tax1fd,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= NEW! KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION OF THE DAY! ------------------------------------------------- Quiz yourself to see how much you know about this week's Featured Topic: Knowledge Management This will allow users to access their Domino-based mail, calendar, schedule, to-do lists, contact lists, and notebooks from any computer, at any location, as long as they have an Internet connection. a. .Net b. J2EE c. iNotes Web Access d. Domino Off-Line Services e. Sametime Click below to see if you are correct! http://www.searchDomino.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid4_gci762886,00.html ------------------------------------------------- OTHER DOMINO AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Sendmail takes software to IBM mainframes" [2] "Linux operating system marks 10th birthday" [3] "SIMPLE Chats" [4] "IBM ups anti-fraud B-to-B stance" ~~~~~~~ [1] "Sendmail takes software to IBM mainframes" Sendmail's new e-mail server software can run on Linux IBM mainframe computers. The software allows administrators to house e-mail boxes, screen out attachments from e-mails, append text to messages and more. The core product costs around $1 to $3 per mailbox. SOURCE: CNET http://cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6964729.html?tag=mn_hd [2] "Linux operating system marks 10th birthday" Ten years after its first release, Linux has won the backing of IBM and other corporate giants while the young companies that brought Linux into the business world are now the wallflowers at the open source operating system's party. The shortcomings lie not with the operating system, analysts said, but with the business models of the Linux companies. SOURCE: Reuters http://siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1434737l.htm [3] "SIMPLE Chats" The Internet Engineering Task Force, the standards setting group for the Net, is developing a protocol to allow different instant messaging services to work together. It is called SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions, or SIMPLE. Systems could be ready as early as next year. SOURCE: ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/CuttingEdge/cuttingedge010824.html [4] "IBM ups anti-fraud B-to-B stance" IBM will use the Identrus standard to improve security in its business-to-business products. Identrus is owned by financial institutions and was created to provide secure transactions. IBM will produce applications that are Identrus-compliant and introduce a team of experts that will support and deploy the Identrus global trust system. SOURCE: Silicon.com http://www.silicon.com/public/door?REQUNIQ=998587379&6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=46779&REQSTR1=newsnow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= ------------------------------------------------- TAKE OUR POLL ------------------------------------------------- CAST YOUR VOTE IN OUR POLL Are you happy about the prospect of interoperability between AOL and Lotus instant messaging? 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SOURCE: Iris Today http://www.notes.net/today.nsf/lookup/web_site_addressing [2] "Putting some Flash into your Domino applications" In this article, Razzak Khan shows you how to add a bit of gusto to your Domino sites. Demonstrated in three easy steps, Khan describes how to take a Flash file and add it to your Domino site. If you'd like to create a Flash file from scratch, Khan describes the creation process and provides a link to Macromedia to download the trial version of Flash 5. SOURCE: DominoPower http://dominopower.com/issues/issue200101/flash001.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= THE MISSING LINK A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web ------------------------------------------------- "Keyboards spread disease" When was the last time you washed your hands? Apparently humans are not the only organisms getting hip to the computer age. Bacteria are too. Britain's "The Mirror" conducted an experiment in a London office and found that computer keyboards are popular bacterial hangouts. The little things love the warmth. (No word on which keys they prefer -- maybe the letter "b" for "bacteria"?). The experiment did not turn up the really sickening stuff like salmonella and E. coli, but there's always next time! Source: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/21234.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= SOUND OFF! WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ------------------------------------------------- How are we doing? 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