Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 2

Today's highlights: Siemens SK65 with BlackBerry; Lookout 1.2 from Microsoft; A User Farewells Groove; SCO Office Server 4.1; Cingular Xpress Mail by SEVEN; TeamScope Scrubber 3.0;

• Siemens introduced a new business-oriented mobile phone / PDA, featuring an integrated keyboard and support for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Siemens Mobile



• Microsoft made Lookout 1.2 - a plug in for Outlook that provides mailbox-wide searches - available once again. It was unavailable for a short time after the acquisition of Lookout. Microsoft


• One user documents why he is dropping Groove ... (a) desktop instability, (b) 30 MB install for others, and (c) product tie in. criticalmethods.org


• The SCO Group released Version 4.1 of SCOoffice Server, an email and collaboration server for small and medium-sized organizations. Features: migration tools to take a customer away from Microsoft Exchange, Outlook compatibility, anti-spam functionality, and group scheduling tools, among others. Available immediately. SCO Group


• Cingular Wireless released two new wireless email solutions for businesses and independent professionals, both powered by the SEVEN wireless email system. Xpress Mail Enterprise Edition (for businesses; requires a dedicated wireless email server behind the firewall) and Xpress Mail Network Edition (for independents and small businesses) allow "secure, real-time wireless access to e-mail, Personal Information Management and other company information". Cingular Wireless


• TeamScope Software released Version 3.0 of Scrubber, an add-in for Microsoft Outlook that searches for and removes duplicate contact records. "Unlike other duplicate removal tools, Scrubber merges data on a field-by-field basis, while allowing the user to override or edit any field merge if desired. Additional new features include the ability to automatically merge e-mail fields, compare the contents of two folders at once, and handle blank values and special fields such as Outlook's Categories." TeamScope

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